Case study: The Secret (EN)
Case study with Nick Murphy (director).
Moderated by Arnaud Malherbe (director).
Synopsis: The Secret is the true story of a Sunday school teacher and respectable dentist and pillar of the community, who formed a murderous partnership. Hazel Buchanan and Colin Howell met at their Baptist Church in Coleraine, Northern Ireland, and embarked upon a passionate, destructive affair, which climaxed in an elaborate plot to commit the “perfect murder” to kill their partners and make it look like suicide. The killers get away with it, but their relationship soon sours and they separate in acrimony and bitterness, a betrayal Howell will not forget. Believing he’s being punished by God, Colin unravels in a self-destructive frenzy, finally confessing his crimes to the horrified elders of his church.
Country: United Kingdom
Original idea: based on the book by Deric Henderson
Screenwriter: Stuart Urban
Director: Nick Murphy
Composer: Andrew Simon McAllister
Producer: Jonathan Curling
Production: Hat Trick Productions in association with Northern Ireland Screen
Broadcaster: ITV
Casting: James Nesbitt, Genevieve O'Reilly, Jason Watkins
Format: 4x60’
Year of production: 2016
Date of broadcast: 29/04/2016
Moderated by Arnaud Malherbe (director).
Synopsis: The Secret is the true story of a Sunday school teacher and respectable dentist and pillar of the community, who formed a murderous partnership. Hazel Buchanan and Colin Howell met at their Baptist Church in Coleraine, Northern Ireland, and embarked upon a passionate, destructive affair, which climaxed in an elaborate plot to commit the “perfect murder” to kill their partners and make it look like suicide. The killers get away with it, but their relationship soon sours and they separate in acrimony and bitterness, a betrayal Howell will not forget. Believing he’s being punished by God, Colin unravels in a self-destructive frenzy, finally confessing his crimes to the horrified elders of his church.
Country: United Kingdom
Original idea: based on the book by Deric Henderson
Screenwriter: Stuart Urban
Director: Nick Murphy
Composer: Andrew Simon McAllister
Producer: Jonathan Curling
Production: Hat Trick Productions in association with Northern Ireland Screen
Broadcaster: ITV
Casting: James Nesbitt, Genevieve O'Reilly, Jason Watkins
Format: 4x60’
Year of production: 2016
Date of broadcast: 29/04/2016
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