THE stars of TV hits The Split and Unforgotten will combine their talents in a new four-part true crime drama The Sixth Commandment.
Written by Sarah Phelps (A Very British Scandal, The Pale Horse) and set to air later this year, the BBC One series centres on the deaths of Peter Farquhar and Ann Moore-Martin in the English village of Maids Moreton in Buckinghamshire and the extraordinary events that unfolded over the following years.
According to the BBC, "The Sixth Commandment tells the story of how the meeting of an inspirational teacher, Peter Farquhar (Timothy Spall), and a charismatic student, Ben Field (Éanna Hardwicke), set the stage for one of the most complex and confounding criminal cases in recent memory. It also focuses on how suspicions around Field’s relationship with Ann Moore-Martin (Anne Reid), Peter’s deeply religious neighbour, unlocked a series of chilling revelations.
"The Sixth Commandment explores the way in which both Peter and Ann were manipulated by Field, capturing the extreme gaslighting, the gripping police investigation and the high-profile trial, while poignantly highlighting the devastating effect of isolation and loneliness, as Field closed in on them."
Made in full cooperation with the victim's families, the drama will also star Annabel Scholey (The Split, The Salisbury Poisonings), Sheila Hancock (Unforgotten, A Discovery of Witches, Great Canal Journeys), Ben Bailey Smith (The Split, Andor), Conor MacNeill (Industry), Adrian Rawlins (Baptiste, Chernobyl) and Amanda Root (Summerland, Unforgotten).
No exact air date has been confirmed yet, but the BBC say the show is "coming soon to BBC One and iPlayer."
