3 May 2022
The Pembrokeshire Murders
The BBC crime drama The Pembrokeshire Murders dramatises the real-life 2006 investigation into two unsolved murder cases linked to a string of burglaries in the 1980s. Teen Choice Award winner Luke Evans (The Alienist, Beauty and the Beast, and Fast & Furious’ Owen Shaw) stars as newly promoted Detective Superintendent Steve Wilkins, who goes all in to reopen the investigation against a ticking clock as his prime suspect awaits release from prison.
The three-part miniseries was nominated for four 2021 BAFTA Wales Awards, including Best Actress for Alexandria Riley (The Pact, The End of the F***ing World), and Best Actor for Keith Allen (Marcella, Kingsman: The Golden Circle, Shallow Grave).
The series has an 82% critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with The Guardian saying, “The Pembrokeshire Murders is a perfect example of how to do it well. It is sensitive when it needs to be, and never loses sight of who suffered,” and New Statesman saying, “Evans has a face… built for compassion, and a voice that makes instant poetry of everything… But it was Keith Allen who stole the show as Cooper.”
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