Solving an appalling crime is one thing, understanding why it happened quite another. This year British television drama looks set to be dominated by the desire to explain real evil. Betting on a public thirst for in-depth treatments of true crime stories, a string of high-profile television dramas about murder and abuse are being made.
Killing, violence and psychopathic cruelty may once have been the preserve of cheaply made shockers, but the criminal mind now fascinates our most successful screenwriters and leading actors.
