58 minSeason 1 • Episode 4
LatestThe case comes to court, and the victims’ families discover the truth of what happened to their loved ones as new revelations emerge.
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.
Acting
Timothy Spall shatters your heart in every frame.
Writing
Sarah Phelps weaponizes politeness into horror.
Direction
Quiet rooms feel like traps closing slowly.
Creator
Sarah Phelps
Timothy Spall
Peter Farquhar
Anne Reid
Ann Moore-Martin
Éanna Hardwicke
Ben Field
Annabel Scholey
Ann-Marie Blake
Anna Crilly
Natalie Golding
Jonathan Aris
DCI Mark Glover
Peter Sullivan
David Jeremy
Ben Bailey Smith
Simon Blake
Sheila Hancock
Elizabeth Zettl
Adrian Rawlins
Ian Farquhar
Amanda Root
Sue Farquhar
Conor MacNeill
Martyn Smith
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Phelps specifically cast Spall because she wanted Peter's queerness to feel historically-lived, not contemporary-performed — a man who came of age when gay meant criminal.
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