The Steeltown Murders true story is just as heart-wrenching as the BBC drama suggests as the show explores the journey to bring a serial killer to justice.
Led by Sherwood’s Robert Glenister and Gavin & Stacey star Steffan Rhodri as DCI Paul Bethell and DC Phil ‘Bach’ Rees, Steeltown Murders follows in the footsteps of other recent true crime dramas. The four-part series is set in South Wales and takes viewers back in time to 1973 when three teenage girls were tragically killed in the Swansea area and the 2000s when the murderer was finally identified thanks to DNA testing. Written by Ed Whitmore who also worked on Manhunt and Manhunt: The Night Stalker, Steeltown Murders poignantly dramatizes this chilling real case and the police’s quest to achieve justice for the girls’ families.
