A brand new Welsh-made, true crime drama is coming to BBC One this May, Steeltown Murders. Set in both the 1970s and early 2000s, Steeltown Murders is an account of how three murders in south Wales were solved almost 30 years after they had been committed.
The drama has been written by Ed Whitmore, who's already brought us real-life crime dramas - Manhunt with Martin Clunes and Rillington Place - and is made by Severn Screen, the company behind The Pembrokeshire Murders and Hidden/Craith.
Lead star of the drama, Philip Glenister, plays DCI Paul Bethell and the actor summed up what it was like playing a real-life policeman whose laser focus led to the crime being solved. He said: "What came across was this dogged determination to bring some kind of conclusion or some answers for the families and for himself. And so when we started actually shooting and filming, I didn't really think I'm playing a real guy, the script was so well constructed by Ed that I didn't have to think too much about that. I just played the scenes and played the script as truthfully and as best to one's ability.”
