2023- 2023

1 Seasons

4 Episodes

6.8(52 votes)

Ended

Crime

Drama

Overview

A series that dramatises the shocking story of the true-life murder of former Stowe schoolmaster and deeply closeted evangelical Christian, 69-year-old Peter Farquhar, by his 28-year-old student and young churchwarden Ben Field in October 2015.

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Episodes

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The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Timothy Spall

Peter Farquhar

Anne Reid

Ann Moore-Martin

Éanna Hardwicke

Ben Field

Annabel Scholey

Ann-Marie Blake

Anna Crilly

Natalie Golding

Jonathan Aris

DCI Mark Glover

Peter Sullivan

David Jeremy

Ben Bailey Smith

Simon Blake

Sheila Hancock

Elizabeth Zettl

Adrian Rawlins

Ian Farquhar

Creative team

Created by: Sarah Phelps
Showrunner: Sarah Phelps
Lucy Richer
Written by: Sarah Phelps
Produced by: Frances du Pille

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