Crime
Drama
Based on the true story of Lanarkshire detective William Muncie’s quest to bring to justice notorious Scottish killer Peter Manuel.
Top-rated
Wed,
07 Dec, 2016
S1.E1Episode 1
Peter Manuel, recently released from a nine-year prison term for a series of sexual assaults, is determined to make Detective William Muncie - the man responsible for his incarceration - pay the price. After a further sexual attack on a young woman named Mary McLauchlan, Manuel elects to defend himself in court and manages to secure a not-proven verdict. Muncie promises a distraught Mary that he will not rest until Manuel is behind bars.
Top-rated
Wed,
14 Dec, 2016
S1.E2Episode 2
Nine months after the death of Anne Kneilands, the police are no further forward in finding her killer, although Detective William Muncie is sure he knows the culprit. Even though not part of the investigation, he goes to Peter Manuel's home to try and reason with his father who gave him the alibi he needed to be free from police suspicion. Then Muncie hears the news that three women in the Watt family have been shot dead in their beds. The husband William, who was on a fishing trip at the time, is arrested. However, Muncie is convinced Manuel is the man behind all four murders.
Martin Compston
Peter Manuel
Douglas Henshall
William Muncie
Joanne Thompson
Iris Laird
Shauna Macdonald
Agnes Muncie
Joanna Roth
Bridget Manuel
Jenny Hulse
Mary McLaughlin
Bobby Rainsbury
Theresa Manuel
Michael Nardone
Det Supt Leish
Gavin Jon Wright
Hugh Kirk
Gary Lewis
William Watt
Jack Greenlees
DS McLeod
Louise McCarthy
Babs
Gilly Gilchrist
Samuel Manuel
Sorcha Groundsell
Jane Muncie
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I suppose one reason we have cliches in movies is that cliches are often based on reality. So here we have a police detective so dedicated to his cases that his home life suffers. And we see this a lot with fictional policeman, but this show is based on an actual case and its participants.
And the villain is so cocky and just plain evil that he seems to be a product of an overwrought scriptwriter’s imagination. Was he really like this? But of course it doesn’t really matter in a way. This is a drama, not a documentary, so some license is allowed and perhaps even expected.
I watched this because of Douglas Henshaw and he didn’t let down the side throughout. He is driven and dedicated, savvy and fierce by turns, and just cliched enough to guarantee a certain result to a crime victim, just like they do on the crime drama shows.
narrator5616 Apr, 2023
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