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The Pembrokeshire Murders
''The Pembrokeshire Murders'' is a Welsh three-part television drama miniseries based on the Pembrokeshire murders by Welsh serial killer John Cooper. In 2006, newly promoted Detective Superintendent Steve Wilkins decided to reopen two unsolved 1980s murder cases linked with a string of burglaries. New advances in technology for forensic DNA analysis, witness reports and artists impressions of the suspect led to Dyfed-Powys Police reviewing a 1989 episode of ''Bullseye'', which led to the serial killer finally being caught. It premiered on ITV on 11 January 2021. The drama is the thirteenth in a series of ITV mini-series featuring notorious British murder cases of the past two centuries, following on from '' This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper'' (2000), '' Shipman'' (2002), ''A Is for Acid'' (2002), ''The Brides in the Bath'' (2003), '' See No Evil: The Moors Murders'' (2006), ''Appropriate Adult'' (2011), '' Dark Angel'', ''In Plain Sight'' (both 2016), ''Littl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Cooper (serial Killer)
John William Cooper (born 3 September 1944) is a Welsh serial killer. On 26 May 2011, he was given a whole life order for the 1985 double murder of siblings Richard and Helen Thomas, and the 1989 double murder of Peter and Gwenda Dixon. The murders were known in the media as the "Pembrokeshire Murders" or the "Coastal Murders". Cooper was also sentenced for the rape of a 16-year-old girl and a sexual assault on a 15-year-old girl, both carried out while a group of five teenagers were held at gunpoint in March 1996, in a wooded area behind the Mount Estate in Cooper's hometown of Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. Cooper had a history of criminal activities, including thirty robberies and violent assaults. Footage from the television game show ''Bullseye'' in May 1989, in which he appeared as a contestant, was later used as evidence against him, comparing his image with a sketch of a suspect in the Dixons' murder. Cooper was sentenced to 14 years in 1998 for robbery and burglary. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crime Film
Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as drama or gangster film, but also include comedy, and, in turn, is divided into many sub-genres, such as mystery, suspense or noir. Screenwriter and scholar Eric R. Williams identified crime film as one of eleven super-genres in his Screenwriters Taxonomy, claiming that all feature-length narrative films can be classified by these super-genres. The other ten super-genres are action, fantasy, horror, romance, science fiction, slice of life, sports, thriller, war and western. Williams identifies drama in a broader category called "film type", mystery and suspense as "macro-genres", and film noir as a "screenwriter's pathway" explaining that these categories are additive rather than exclusionary. '' C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctor Death
Dr. Death may refer to: People Doctors * Wouter Basson (born 1950), South African cardiologist and former head of the country's secret chemical and biological warfare project during the apartheid era * Christopher Duntsch (born 1971), American neurosurgeon convicted of aggravated assault for harmful surgeries he performed * Aribert Heim (1914–1992), Austrian doctor and one of the world's most wanted Nazi war criminals * Jack Kevorkian (1928–2011), American physician who assisted terminally ill people to commit suicide during the 1990s * Josef Mengele (1911–1979), German doctor and infamous Nazi war criminal * Philip Nitschke (born 1947), Australian physician who campaigned for legal assisted suicide and subsequently assisted four people in doing so * Jayant Patel (born 1950), Indian-born American surgeon who was accused of gross negligence whilst working in Australia * Maxim Petrov (born 1965), Russian doctor and serial killer * Porntip Rojanasunan (born 1955), Thai forensic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Dale
Charles Dale (born 4 February 1963) is a Welsh actor known for playing Big Mac in ''Casualty'', Dennis Stringer in ''Coronation Street'', Gary "Chef" Alcock in '' The Lakes'' and Clive Eustace in '' The Eustace Bros.'' He was born in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Television From November 2007 until June 2016, Dale portrayed Big Mac, a hospital porter, an Emergency Care Assistant and a Healthcare Assistant in the BBC One series ''Casualty''. He played Steve Lewis in the BBC Wales series '' Belonging'' (1999-2009). He has also made appearances in ''Lovejoy'', ''Soldier Soldier'', '' Bramwell'', ''A Touch of Frost'', '' Touching Evil III'', ''The Bill'', ''At Home with the Braithwaites'', '' Burnside'', '' Steel River Blues'', ''New Tricks'', '' Where the Heart Is'', ''Holby City'', ''Spaced'', '' Rocket Man'', ''The Pembrokeshire Murders'' and ''Unforgotten''. Theatre In 2017, he played Hugo in the new musical ''Everybody's Talking About Jamie'' at the Crucible Theatre The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Hill (presenter)
Jonathan Hill is a Welsh television presenter, journalist and producer, who currently presents ''Wales at Six'', the nightly news magazine programme on ITV Cymru Wales. He is also the editor of the station's English language output. Hill, who studied English at Swansea University before specialising in journalism, started his career freelancing for BBC Radio Wales, before joining HTV Wales as a general news reporter and bulletin presenter in 1993 for ''HTV Newsdesk'' and ''Wales at Six''. In February 1994, he was made one of the main presenters of ''Wales Tonight'', and has since been the senior anchor for the station's main regional news programmes, including ''HTV News'' and ''ITV Wales News''. He has also presented ITV News at 10 occasionally. Hill has also presented and produced documentary programmes for ITV Wales, including the popular series ''Crime Secrets'' and ''Helicops'' (which has been shown latterly on Men & Motors and during ITV's ''Nightwatch with Steve Scott''). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Fynn
David Fynn is a British-Irish actor, producer and screenwriter, best known for playing Brett in the NBC TV sitcom ''Undateable.'' He began playing Dewey Finn in the West End cast of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical ''School of Rock'' (based on the 2003 film with Jack Black) in October 2016 at the New London Theatre, for which he received an Olivier Award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical in 2017. Theatre His theatre credits include ''She Stoops to Conquer'' at the National Theatre (Evening Standard Nomination), ''Romeo and Juliet'' at the National Theatre, ''The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee'' at the Donmar Warehouse, ''Mojo'' at the Royal Shakespeare Company, ''After the Party'' in the West End and Starving at ''Theatre 503''. He trained at Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. Television His other television appearances include ''Game of Thrones'', '' Sherlock'', ''Doctor Who'', ''The Inbetweeners'', ''The Job Lot'', ''Banana'', '' Big Bad World'', ''May ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Des (TV Series)
''Des'' is a British three-part television drama miniseries, based on the 1983 arrest of Scottish serial killer Dennis Nilsen, after the discovery of human remains causing the blockage of a drain near his home. The series premiered on 14 September 2020. Cast * David Tennant as Dennis Nilsen, serial killer * Daniel Mays as Detective Chief Inspector Peter Jay * Jason Watkins as biographer Brian Masters * Ron Cook as DSI Geoff Chambers * Barry Ward as DI Steve McCusker * Doc Brown as DC Brian Lodge (Credited as Ben Bailey) * Ross Anderson as Douglas Stewart, one of the attempted murder victims * Laurie Kynaston as Carl Stottor, one of the attempted murder victims * Jamie Parker as Allan Green QC, trial prosecution counsel * Pip Torrens as Ivan Lawrence QC, trial defence counsel * Ken Bones as Justice David Croom-Johnson, trial judge * Bronagh Waugh as Charlotte Proctor * Ibinabo Jack as Lesley Mead Episodes Production In November 2019, production began on ''Des'', starri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White House Farm (TV Series)
''White House Farm'' (broadcast in some countries under the titles ''White House Farm Murders'' and ''The Murders at White House Farm'') is a British television crime drama based on the real-life events that took place in August 1985. The series was produced by New Pictures for ITV and distributed worldwide by All3Media. It was broadcast by ITV on 8 January 2020. Premise The series is based on true events from 6 August 1985. Five members of the Bamber-Caffell family are shot to death at White House Farm, Essex. The police, led by detectives DCI Taff Jones (Stephen Graham) and DS Stan Jones (Mark Addy), are called in to investigate. When questioning the Bambers' son, Jeremy Bamber, he claims that his sister, Sheila, who was suffering from schizophrenia, went "berserk", got hold of a silenced rifle and killed their parents and Sheila's six-year old twin sons. As the murder case unravels, a devastating twist comes to light. Cast * Stephen Graham as DCI Taff Jones * Freddie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manhunt (2019 TV Series)
''Manhunt'' is a British television drama based on murder investigations. The first series focused on the true story surrounding the investigation into the death of French student Amélie Delagrange. The subsequent manhunt eventually led to the arrest of Levi Bellfield for Delagrange's murder, and several other high profile, yet previously unsolved cases. The series was first shown in the United Kingdom on 6 January 2019, airing on three consecutive nights. Consolidated figures show an average of 8.7 million viewers across the three episodes, rising further to 9 million viewers when online viewing is included. This made the series ITV's highest rated launch of a new drama series since the first series of ''Broadchurch'' in 2013. The series has so far won two BAFTA Cymru awards: Best Director, Fiction for Marc Evans, and Best Actor for Celyn Jones. On 6 March 2019, the show was renewed for a second series which premiered on 20 September 2021. Plot Series 1 On the evening of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Boy Blue (TV Series)
''Little Boy Blue'' is an ITV drama series, shown over four sixty-minute episodes from 24 April to 15 May 2017. The series focuses on the murder of Rhys Jones in Croxteth, Liverpool in 2007. Cast *Stephen Graham – Detective Superintendent Dave Kelly * Sinead Keenan – Melanie Jones * Brían F. O'Byrne – Steve Jones *Faye McKeever – Claire Olssen * Sonny Beyga – Rhys Jones * Matthew Roberts – Owen Jones * Stephen Walters – DCI Mark Guinness *Grant Crookes - Detective Constable *Christine Tremarco – Marie Thompson * Sara Powell – Assistant Chief Constable Pat Gallan * Michael Moran – Kevin Moody * Nathan Clark Smith – Jordan Olssen * James Nelson-Joyce – James Yates * Paddy Rowan – Sean Mercer *Jack McMullen – Dean Kelly Production Stephen Graham was cast as Detective Superintendent Dave Kelly and Sinead Keenan and Brían F. O'Byrne were cast as Melanie and Steve Jones, respectively in a new four-part drama titled ''Little Boy Blue''. On 18 April 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Plain Sight (British TV Series)
''In Plain Sight'' is a Scottish television drama series covering the crimes committed by serial killer Peter Manuel in Lanarkshire, Scotland in the 1950s. The three-part series was first broadcast on ITV on 7 December 2016. The series is distributed worldwide by BBC Worldwide. Plot The plot revolves around serial killer Peter Manuel, who killed at least eight people between 1956 and 1958 in Lanarkshire, and the detective who pursued him to his conviction, William Muncie. Manuel, who was born in the United States, was known as "The Beast of Birkenshaw" (as he lived in Birkenshaw, Uddingston). He taunted his pursuer with messages and even sent him birthday and Christmas cards. At the time, local police had never dealt with this level of criminality before; Manuel chose his victims at random, with no apparent reason and ended up scaring a whole community so much that everyone started locking their doors. The series follows the destructive trail that Manuel left and shows him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark Angel (British TV Series)
''Dark Angel'' is a British two-part television drama miniseries, based on the adaptation of the book ''Mary Ann Cotton: Britain's First Female Serial Killer'' by David Wilson. The series was broadcast on 31 October and 7 November 2016, and starred Joanne Froggatt as protagonist Mary Ann Cotton, widely regarded as Britain's first known female serial killer, who was found guilty of murder in March 1873 for the murder of three of her husbands, allegedly in order to collect on their insurance policies. The series was produced by World Productions and distributed by Endemol Shine. The series co-starred Alun Armstrong as Mary Ann's step-father, George Stott, and Jonas Armstrong as her main love interest, Joe Nattrass. Penny Layden, Laura Morgan, Sam Hoare, and Emma Fielding also took starring roles in the two-part drama. Production In July 2015, production and filming began on ''Dark Angel'', starring Joanne Froggatt of ''Downton Abbey'' as Mary Ann Cotton. Alun Armstrong, Jonas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
