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The Sixth Commandment (2023)

First aired July 17, 202357m/ep1 season · 4 epsEnded
6.7

47 votes

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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.

Created By

Sarah Phelps

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Streaming availability for India

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Status

Ended

Language

English

Type

Miniseries

Last Air Date

July 25, 2023

Networks

BBC One

Production

True Vision ProductionsWild Mercury Productions

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User Reviews

Peter McGinn

Peter McGinn

8.0

I have pretty much stopped watching these British dramas based on real murder cases because, even though they are all separate cases, these investigations seem to often cover the same story arc. So they have little room for imaginative storytelling or structure. I decided to watch this show, however, because I really like Timothy Spall and Anne Reid, him all the way from his Mike Leigh films and her from her Coronation Street role decades ago. They also seem to only pick good productions to appear in. They were both excellent in this miniseries, Spall perhaps award-worthy in fact. Their and…

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