True crime fans, ITV is poised to release a new drama based on the real-life killings of one family in a quiet village in Essex - and it looks to be the most harrowing to date.
Six-part drama White House Farm - beginning on 8th January at 9pm - will document the case that baffled law enforcement in August 1985, when a family were gunned down in their farmhouse.
Nevill and June Bamber were shot and killed inside their home, along with their adoptive daughter, Sheila Caffell, and Sheila's six-year-old twin sons, Daniel and Nicholas Caffell.
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At first, police assumed the killings to be the doing of Sheila, a diagnosed schizophrenic, who they believed had shot her relatives before turning the gun on herself, as the weapon was found in her hands.
However, as more evidence mounted, their focuses turned to Jeremy Bamber, the 24-year-old adoptive son of Nevill and June, who was the only surviving family member.
The prosecution argued that, motivated by a large inheritance, Jeremy had killed his family, and blamed it on his sister, placing the weapon on her person.
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Jeremy Bamber was sentenced to life in prison, though he still maintains his innocence.
ITV's dramatisation of the case has been written by Kris Mrksa with help from Colin Caffell, whose wife and twin sons were killed in the murders.
Cast include Freddie Fox (King Arthur) who will be taking on the role of convicted killer Jeremy Bamber, and Mark Addy (Game of Thrones) who will play sceptical detective DS Stan Jones, who first begins to pick holes in Bamber's story.
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Other key cast include Stephen Graham (Virtues), Alfie Allen (Game of Thrones), Mark Stanley (Sanditon), Gemma Whelan (Game of Thrones), Alexa Davies (Dead Pixels), Cressida Bonas (The Bye Bye Man), Nicholas Farrell (Thirteen) and Amanda Burton (Waterloo Road).
Mrksa said: "This is an incredibly compelling true crime story, but it's the human dimension of these events that gripped my imagination, particularly after reading Colin Caffell's book.
"So much discussion of the case has focused on contested legal details, but I wanted to tell this story in a way that did justice to the devastating emotional truth of what happened."
White House Farm begins on Wednesday 8th January at 9pm on ITV.
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