Rillington Place Heads To BBC

A new drama, Rillington Place, is to head to the BBC. The three-part series is based on the real-life multiple murders undertaken by John Christie in London's Notting Hill in the 1940s and 1950s, as well as the miscarriage of justice, which led to Timothy Evans being hanged for a crime he did not commit. The actions subsequently contributed towards the abolition of capital punishment in Britain.

Reconciled after living apart for nine years, John Reginald Christie (Tim Roth) and his wife, Ethel (Samantha Morton), move into the ground floor flat of 10 Rillington Place in West London. Some 10 years on, Timothy Evans (Nico Mirallegro) and his wife Beryl (Jodie Comer) move into a flat upstairs and fall for Christie's influence and stories. Struggling to make ends meet following the birth of baby Geraldine, Beryl discovers she is pregnant with a second child, and the Evans allow Christie to help them – with deadly consequences for the couple.

Rillington Place is made by BBC Studios in association with Bandit Television for BBC One. It is directed by Craig Viveiros and written by Ed Whitmore and Tracey Malone. The Executive Producers are Phillippa Giles for Bandit Television, part of Endemol Shine Group, Hilary Salmon for BBC Studios and Liz Kilgarriff for BBC One. It is produced by Sharon Bloom.

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(JP/MH)