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Series Cast
| Joanne Froggatt | ... |
Maureen Smith
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| Maxine Peake | ... |
Myra Hindley
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| Sean Harris | ... |
Ian Brady
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| Matthew McNulty | ... |
Dave Smith
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| George Costigan | ... |
DCI Joe Mounsey
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Charlotte Emmerson | ... |
WDC Pat Clayton
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| John Henshaw | ... |
DCS Arthur Benfield
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| James Quinn | ... |
Supt Bob Talbot
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| Gordon Brown | ... |
DS Jock Carr
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| Susan Twist | ... |
Nellie Hindley
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| Steve Evets | ... |
Jack Smith
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Colin Connor | ... |
Pat Kilbride
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Orla Cottingham | ... |
Sheila Kilbride
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Henry Cox | ... |
Danny Kilbride
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Kelli Hollis | ... |
Ann West
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Andy Quine | ... |
Desk Sergeant
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Cyriack Stevenson | ... |
Alan West
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| Stephen MacKenna | ... |
DCS Prescott
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| Steven Hillman | ... |
DI Engels
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| Margaret Jackman | ... |
Granny Maybury
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Malcolm Scates | ... |
DC Mike Masheder
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| Connor McIntyre | ... |
DCS Dougie Nimmo
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Bryan Lowe | ... |
PC Bob Spiers
(1 episode, 2006)
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| Lisa Millett | ... |
Winnie Johnson
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| Marie Critchley | ... |
Joan Reade
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Ian Kay | ... |
Edward Evans
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John Graham-Davies | ... |
Godfrey Heilpern QC
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Russell Dixon | ... |
Justice Fenton Atkinson
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Robin Simpson | ... |
Clerk of Court
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TV Journalist
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Amanda Fairclough | ... |
Angry Woman
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Jowanna Rose | ... |
WDC Maggie Campion
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Mark Callum | ... |
Reporter
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Joshua Emmons | ... |
Michael Smity
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Kathryn Elizabeth McIntyre | ... |
Angry Women
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Tobias James-Samuels | ... |
Jury
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Samuel Riley | ... |
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Production Companies
Distributors
- ITV - Independent Television (2006) (United Kingdom) (tv)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- 3Sixty Media (post-production facilities)
- 3sixtymedia (visual effects)
- EuroKids & Adults International Casting and Model Agency (extras casting)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
1965:- Following the cot death of their baby daughter young marrieds Maureen and David Smith are comforted and ultimately influenced by Maureen's older sister Myra Hindley and her boyfriend Ian Brady but David is horrified to witness Brady murder teen-ager Edward Evans and goes to the police, as a result of which Brady is arrested. The police investigation links Brady and Hindley to the disappearance of several local children, especially when a pornographic photo of 10-year old Lesley Ann Downey is found, along with a tape of her pleading for her life. The bodies of Lesley and John Kilbride are discovered in shallow graves on Saddleworth moor and Brady and Hindley are tried for murder, receiving multiple life sentences, though David is exonerated despite the pair trying to implicate him and it will be some years before the murderers confess to the whereabouts of other victims. Five years later the Smiths have separated and Maureen is persuaded by her grandma to visit Myra, who has now embraced religion and says that she will always be haunted by her crimes. David is annoyed that his wife made the visit but Maureen tells him she believes her sister has genuinely changed and the pair reconcile for their children's sake. An end title explains the fates of the four main protagonists as well as paying tribute to the victims. Written by don @ minifie-1 |
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| Taglines | A powerful and thought provoking drama based on one of the most shocking crimes of the 20th century, the chilling story of child killers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley. See more » |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | In 1987, 16 Wardle Brook Avenue in Hattersley was demolished by Manchester City Council after the council were unable to find tenants who were willing to live in the property. Myra Hindley and Ian Brady carried out two of their crimes in that house in 1964 and 1965. The Wardle Brook Avenue scenes were filmed on a housing estate in Rochdale. See more » |
| Goofs | The police use Maglite® torches which did not exist until 1979. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Referenced in Seth Rogen/Paul Rudd/Martin Freeman/Maxine Peake/Birdy (2016). See more » |
| Quotes |
[talking about Myra, several years after her conviction and imprisonment]
Maureen Smith: I have to believe what my heart tells me, Dave. And my heart tells me whatever Myra did in the past, she's a different person now. Dave Smith: She's worse than Brady, Maureen. I mean, he's just a sicko, a sex case - the king of the sex cases. But Myra - she's human: she had feelings. Remember the tears when Angela Dawn died? That card she gave us? "Another little flower for God's fucking garden"! Jesus! She was killing kids at the same time. Maureen Smith: All right. All right. You believe what you want to - but please, please, can't you let me do the same? Dave Smith: Of course. Sorry, Maureen. Maureen Smith: If we can't put it behind us... Dave Smith: We've got to, for the kids' sake. We can do it, girl. See more » |