‘Steeltown Murders’: BBC Releases First-Look Images Of Factual Drama Starring Philip Glenister & Steffan Rhodri
The BBC has released some “first-look” images of ‘Steeltown Murders‘, a new factual drama set in both 1973 and the early 2000s, written by Ed Whitmore (‘Manhunt’, ‘Safe House’) and made by Severn Screen (‘The Pembrokeshire Murders’, ‘Hidden/Craith’).
The drama centres on the hunt to catch the killer of three young women in the Port Talbot area and the remarkable story of how – in the first case of its kind – the mystery was solved almost 30 years later using pioneering DNA evidence. Contrasting the policing methods of the 1970s with the forensic breakthroughs of the early Noughties, Steeltown Murders is a portrait of a town dealing with the repercussions of an unsolved case three decades on, and asks if justice can ever truly be found.
Philip Glenister (‘Life On Mars’, ‘State Of Play’) and Steffan Rhodri (‘In My Skin’, ‘Gavin & Stacey’) lead the cast as DCI Paul Bethell and Phil ‘Bach’ Rees, with their younger selves played by Scott Arthur (‘Good Omens’, ‘Borg McEnroe’) and Siôn Alun Davies (‘The Sandman’, ‘Hidden’) respectively.
They are joined by Keith Allen (‘The Pembrokeshire Murders’, ‘Marcella’), Priyanga Burford (‘Industry’, ‘No Time To Die’), Sharon Morgan (‘Yr Amgueddfa’, ‘Gangs Of London’), Nia Roberts (‘Red Rose’, ‘Yr Amgueddfa’), Elinor Crawley (‘Vikings’, ‘Ordinary Lies’), Gareth John Bale (’35 Awr’, ‘Y Pris’), Kriss Dosanjh (‘The Larkins’, ‘Casualty’), Matthew Gravelle (‘Silent Witness’, ‘Broadchurch’), Amy Morgan (‘Mr Selfridge’, ‘Showtrial’), Dyfan Dwyfor (‘A Very English Scandal’, ‘Bang’), and more.
Produced by Severn Screen for the BBC, ‘Steeltown Murders’ is written by Ed Whitmore and directed by Marc Evans, with Hannah Thomas (‘Hidden’, ‘I Am Not a Witch’) serving as producer in association with All3Media International. Executive producers are Ed Talfan, Jon Hill and Ed Whitmore for Severn Screen, and Rebecca Ferguson and Helen Perry for the BBC. All3Media International will distribute the series internationally, additional funding support has been provided by Welsh Government via Creative Wales.
‘Steeltown Murders‘ does not yet have a premiere date, but will air on BBC One and iPlayer in 2023. If you want to keep track of this or any other show, you can add it via our Never Miss system, and you’ll be notified when it gets a UK premiere date.
