| The Pembrokeshire Murders | |
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| Genre | Crime drama Thriller |
| Based on | The Pembrokeshire Murders: Catching the Bullseye Killer by Steve Wilkins |
| Written by | Nick Stevens |
| Directed by | Marc Evans |
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| Theme music composer | Carly Paradis |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 3 |
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| Producer | Ed Talfan |
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| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | 11 January – 13 January 2021 |
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The Pembrokeshire Murders is a Welsh three-part television drama miniseries based on the Pembrokeshire murders by Welsh serial killer John Cooper.[2] In 2006, newly promoted Detective Superintendent Steve Wilkins[3] decided to reopen two unsolved 1980s murder cases linked with a string of burglaries. New advances in technology for forensic DNA analysis, witness reports and artists impressions of the suspect led to Dyfed-Powys Police reviewing a 1989 episode of Bullseye,[4] which led to the serial killer finally being caught.[5] It premiered on ITV on 11 January 2021.
The drama is the thirteenth in a series of ITV mini-series featuring notorious British murder cases of the past two centuries, following on from This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper (2000), Shipman (2002), A Is for Acid (2002), The Brides in the Bath (2003), See No Evil: The Moors Murders (2006), Appropriate Adult (2011), Dark Angel, In Plain Sight (both 2016), Little Boy Blue (2017), Manhunt (2019), White House Farm, and Des (both 2020).[6]
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- ^ "Is ITV crime drama The Pembrokeshire Murders based on a true story?, 12 January 2021". Radio Times. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- ^ "Pembrokeshire Murders: Ex-officer on 'squeezing six years into three episodes, 10 January 2021". Radio Times. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- ^ "The Pembrokeshire Murders: How a Bullseye appearance implicated the real-life killer John Cooper". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- ^ "ITV commissions true crime drama The Pembrokeshire Murders (w/t) starring Luke Evans". ITV Press Center. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- ^ "ITV commissions three part drama, Des - with David Tennant as Dennis Nilsen". ITV Press Center. 22 November 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2020.