© BBC All the true crime dramatisations based on real-life serial killers and detectives set to air on BBC, ITV and Netflix in 2021
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True crime dramatisations dominated our television screens last year, and the nation's appetite for the macabre shows no signs of abating in 2021.
BBC, ITV and Netflix will air dramas based on some of the most infamous cases in the UK and beyond, and feature acclaimed actors transforming into real-life serial killers.
Here are the best true crime series released this year...
The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe (ITV)
© Christopher Furlong - Getty Images Anne And John Darwin Questioned By PoliceThe extraordinary true story of how John Darwin faked his own death to claim life insurance and avoid bankruptcy will be told in a new ITV drama, The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe
The four-part series will be written by Unforgotten screenwriter Chris Lang, retelling how Anne Darwin's husband, a prison officer, came up with the scheme to defraud insurance companies, unbeknownst to their two sons.
Casting for The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe will be announced soon.
The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe will air on ITV in the summer.
The Investigation (BBC Two)
© BBC Jens Moller (SOREN MALLING)BBC Two's humane and dignified six-part drama explores the investigation into the brutal murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall in Denmark in 2017.
The Investigation makes a bold statement in the genre of true crime dramatisations by refusing to name the murderer, to avoid glorifying the criminal and instead shift the focus on Kim Wall, her family, and the murder squad's work in solving the crime.
The Killing and Borgen's actor Soren Malling plays the head of Copenhagen Police homicide unit Jens Moller who was in charge of Kim Wall's case.
The Investigation is available to stream on BBC iPlayer now.
Dr Death
© Raymond Hall - Getty Images Joshua jackson on set of Dr DeathJoshua Jackson will play Christopher Duntsch, a Texas-based surgeon who was accused of maiming four patients and killing two others in new series Dr Death.
The true-crime adaptation is based on the Wondery podcast of the same name and is set to air on new US streaming platform Peacock in the US.
In 2017, Duntsch was convicted of maiming one of his patients and sentenced to life in prison.
Alec Baldwin, Christian Slater and AnnaSophia Robb will also co-star in the series.
Dr Death has yet to find a UK network but we will keep you updated.
Manhunt II: The Night Stalker (ITV)
© ITV ManhuntMartin Clunes returns as former London Metropolitan Police detective, DCI Colin Sutton in ITV's Manhunt II: The Night Stalker.
The four part drama tells the real life story of the police pursuit of a notorious serial rapist, whose 17 year reign of terror left thousands of elderly people in south east London living in fear. It is based on the diaries of Colin Sutton.
Manhunt series 1 featured Clunes as DCI Sutton, which told the real life story of how the murder of Amelie Delagrange in 2004 was eventually linked to the murder of Marsha McDonnell in 2003 and the abduction and murder of Milly Dowler as she travelled home from school in 2002.
Manhunt II: The Night Stalker will air on ITV later this year.
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The Yorkshire Ripper (ITV)
© ITV Des ITVFrom the makers of Des [pictured above] and White House Farm, ITV's The Yorkshire Ripper will depict one of the most notorious and shocking serial killer cases in the world, the hunt for Peter Sutcliffe, named the Yorkshire Ripper.
Between October 1975 and January 1981, police undertook the biggest manhunt in British criminal history, and the search for Sutcliffe lasted five years, involving over a thousand officers and changed the way the British police worked forever.
Written by George Kay (Criminal), the true crime drama will follow the desperate, cat and mouse hunt for Sutcliffe focusing upon the police investigation and the lives of the victims.
Casting has yet to be announced.
The Yorkshire Ripper will air on ITV later this year.
The Pembrokeshire Murders (ITV)
© Slaven Vlasic - Getty Images Luke EvansLuke Evans is the detective in charge in ITV's series The Pembrokeshire Murders, which depicts the pursuit of a cold-blooded serial killer.
The three-part drama is adapted from the true crime book Catching the Bullseye Killer, written by Senior Investigating Officer Steve Wilkins and ITV news journalist Jonathan Hill. Beauty and the Beast's Evans plays Wilkins, who in 2006 reopened two unsolved double murders from the 1980s.
Employing pioneering forensic methods, Wilkins and his handpicked team found microscopic DNA and fibres that potentially linked the murders to a string of burglaries committed in the 80s and 90s.
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The cast also includes Keith Allen as John Cooper, Owen Teale as Gerard Elias, Alexandria Riley as Jackie Richards, Caroline Berry as Pat Cooper, Oliver Ryan as Andrew Cooper and David Fynn as ITV News journalist Jonathan Hill.
The Pembrokeshire Murders is available to stream on ITV now.
Four Lives (BBC One)
© BBC Stephen MerchantStephen Merchant has transformed into real-life serial killer Stephen Port for BBC One's upcoming factual drama, which has now changed its name from The Barking Murders to Four Lives.
The series aims to go behind the sensational headlines by telling the case from the perspective of the families of Stephen Port's victims, and focus on their fight to uncover the truth about what had happened to their lost sons and brothers in the face of a now widely criticised police investigation.
The series is created by Jeff Pope and Neil McKay, whose credits include The Moorside, a dramatisation of the 2008 disappearance of 9-year-old Shannon Matthews, and Appropriate Adult, about serial killer Fred West.
The cast also includes Sheridan Smith, who plays Sarah Sak, the mother of 23-year-old victim Anthony Walgate, and Jaime Winstone.
Last year, actor Michael Jibson confirmed that the series was being postponed due to the ongoing criminal case.
Four Lives will launch on BBC One later this year.
The Serpent (BBC)
© BBC The SerpentJenna Coleman leads BBC and Netflix's The Serpent alongside acclaimed French actor Tahar Rahim as Charles Sobrhaj, one of the most elusive criminals of the 20th century.
Coleman plays Marie-Andrée Leclerc, Sobhraj's partner and frequent accomplice, with Billy Howle and Ellie Bamber cast as Herman and Angela Knippenberg.
Charles Sobhraj was the chief suspect in the unsolved murders of up to 20 young Western travellers across India, Thailand and Nepal's 'Hippie Trail' in 1975 and 1976, becoming Interpol's most wanted man at the time and had arrest warrants on three different continents.
The eight-part series also features Alice Englert (Top of the Lake), Mathilde Warnier (The Widow), Gregoire Isvarine (The Inside Game), Sahajak Boonthanakit (Only God Forgives), Fabien Frankel (Last Christmas), and Chicha Amatayakul (Girl From Nowhere).
The Serpent is available to stream on BBC iPlayer.
Impeachment: American Crime Story (FX and BBC Two)
© Matt Winkelmeyer - Getty Images Beanie FeldsteinThe next instalment in Ryan Murphy's anthology series will focus on Bill Clinton's abuse of power and subsequent affair with Monica Lewinsky between 1995 and 1997.
Booksmart's Beanie Feldstein will play Monica, who was a 22-year-old White House intern at the time, while British actor Clive Owen will play Clinton, who was 49 at the time. Sarah Paulson is playing Linda Tripp, and Annaleigh Ashford stars as Paula Jones.
Murphy recruited Monica Lewinsky to produce the series, so we will finally see the story from her perspective.
American Crime Story will air later this year on FX and BBC Two.
Mansfield Murderers (Sky Atlantic and NOW TV)
© Getty Images Golden Globes 2019This four-part crime drama follows the shocking story of Susan and Christopher Edwards who murdered Susan's parents and buried their bodies in the garden.
Susan and Christopher Edwards shot Patricia and William Wycherley and buried them at the Wycherley home in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, in 1998.
The couple then stole thousands of pounds, and spent many of it on Hollywood memorabilia, before being found guilty in 2014.
Oscar-winner Olivia Colman will play Susan, and Giri/Haji and Flowers' star and writer Will Sharpe will direct.
Mansfield Murders will launch on Sky Atlantic and Now TV later this year.
My Name is Lizzie (Channel 4)
© Tristan Fewings - Getty Images Niamh AlgarThe Virtues actress Niamh Algar leads the cast in a four-part drama examining the controversial honeytrap at the heart of one of Britain's most high-profile cases.
The series shines a light on the high-pressure investigation into the devastating murder of Rachel Nickell in 1992. Revealing the complicated and toxic sexual politics of the early '90s and the police's obsession with the wrong man, a female undercover officer, codename 'Lizzie James', is asked to become sexual bait for a suspected killer.
With access to previously unheard audio, video and written materials, My Name is Lizzie includes scenes of verbatim dialogue as part of a fictionalised retelling of events, taking viewers behind the scenes of one of the UK’s most flawed and controversial police investigations.
My Name is Lizzie airs on Channel 4 later this year.
Anne (ITV)
© BBC One Three-girls-maxine-peakITV's four-part drama follows the real-life story of activist Anne Williams, who dedicated her life to campaigning for justice following her son’s death at Hillsborough. Written by novelist Kevin Sampson, who was present at Hillsborough Stadium on the tragic day that 96 football fans died, Anne stood defiantly alongside other parents and their families who fought for justice for the 96 loved ones who lost their lives at a football match.
Determined to unearth the truth about Hillsborough, Anne refused to believe the official line on how the disaster unfolded, seeking new medical opinion, tracking down witnesses whose statements were altered, and leaving no stone unturned in her fight for truth and justice.
Maxine Peake (above, in BBC One's award-winning Three Girls) will star as Anne Williams.
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Anne will air on ITV later this year.
Inventing Anna (Netflix)
© Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin - Getty Images Julia Garner films Inventing AnnaOzark's Julia Garner plays real-life con artist Anna Delvey, the Instagram-legendary German heiress who stole the hearts of New York's social scene – and stole their money as well.
Shonda Rhimes' drama follows a journalist as she investigates the case of Anna Delvey. When Anna and the reporter form a dark, funny love-hate bond as Anna awaits trial, our reporter fights the clock to answer the biggest question in NYC: who is Anna Delvey?
The series is inspired by the New York Magazine article How Anna Delvey Tricked New York’s Party People by Jessica Pressler.
Inventing Anna will air on Netflix later this year.
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