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The Sixth Commandment

6.8/10
TMDB54 votes
2023Original: English1 seasons

A series that dramatises the shocking story of the true-life murder of former Stowe schoolmaster and deeply closeted evangelical Christian, 69-year-old Peter Farquhar, by his 28-year-old student and young churchwarden Ben Field in October 2015.

Genres: Crime, Drama
Cast: Timothy Spall, Anne Reid, Éanna Hardwicke, Annabel Scholey, Anna Crilly

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About The Sixth Commandment

The Sixth Commandment (2023) is a TV series in the crime, drama genres. Directed by Saul Dibb. The cast includes Timothy Spall, Anne Reid, Éanna Hardwicke, Annabel Scholey.

Released
2023-07-17
Original language
English
Seasons
1
Episodes
4
Status
Ended
Production countries
United Kingdom
Production companies
True Vision Productions, Wild Mercury Productions
Directors
Saul Dibb
Creators
Sarah Phelps
Writers
Sarah Phelps

The Sixth Commandment cast & characters

Audience reviews

6.8/10 from 54 TMDB votes. Ratings and reviews are supplied by TMDB. Reviews are attributed to their original authors.

Peter McGinn

TMDB member review

I have pretty much stopped watching these British dramas based on real murder cases because, even though they are all separate cases, these investigations seem to often cover the same story arc. So they have little room for imaginative storytelling or structure. I decided to watch this show, however, because I really like Timothy Spall and Anne Reid, him all the way from his Mike Leigh films and her from her…

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I have pretty much stopped watching these British dramas based on real murder cases because, even though they are all separate cases, these investigations seem to often cover the same story arc. So they have little room for imaginative storytelling or structure. I decided to watch this show, however, because I really like Timothy Spall and Anne Reid, him all the way from his Mike Leigh films and her from her Coronation Street role decades ago. They also seem to only pick good productions to appear in. They were both excellent in this miniseries, Spall perhaps award-worthy in fact. Their and other performances in the cast covered up what indeed did strike me as the usual story arc I mentioned above. The detective inspective shone while not showing anger, violent tendencies, or other outbursts that afflict many tv mystery dectectives.

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What is The Sixth Commandment about?

A series that dramatises the shocking story of the true-life murder of former Stowe schoolmaster and deeply closeted evangelical Christian, 69-year-old Peter Farquhar, by his 28-year-old student and young churchwarden Ben Field in October 2015.

Who stars in The Sixth Commandment?

Timothy Spall, Anne Reid, Éanna Hardwicke, Annabel Scholey, Anna Crilly, Jonathan Aris. See the cast cards above for character names.

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