Overview
- The series was newly added to Netflix in November and is reported to be at number four on the platform's TV chart.
- The three-part ITV production stars Reece Shearsmith and Sheridan Smith and was co-created by Jeff Pope, drawing fresh praise from viewers and critics for its performances.
- The drama recounts nurse Malcolm Webster’s crimes; he was convicted in 2011 of murdering his first wife and attempting to murder his second for insurance gains and received a life sentence with a 30-year minimum term.
- Felicity Drumm, Simone Banarjee and DI Charlie Henry provided input to the production; Banarjee has described the portrayal as “99% accurate,” while Drumm has voiced a different view of Webster’s depiction.
- Webster remains imprisoned after failed appeal efforts, and renewed coverage is spotlighting survivor perspectives and the show’s approach to the real case.