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📊 Series Specifications
Network BBC One
Episode Runtime ~57 min
Total Seasons 1
Total Episodes 4
Original Language EN
Creator Sarah Phelps
The Sixth Commandment (2023)
Created by Sarah Phelps
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Ended Series Status:
This series has concluded and all seasons are available for tracking.
Synopsis
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.
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
4 Episodes E1 Episode 1
A meeting between an inspirational teacher and a charismatic student in Buckinghamshire ends up setting the stage for one of the most complex criminal cases in recent memory.
E2 Episode 2
As a community mourns, Ben begins a relationship with Peter’s neighbour, Ann Moore-Martin, to the increasing concern of her niece Ann-Marie.
E3 Episode 3
The true picture comes to light when Thames Valley Police open an investigation and close in on their prime suspect, making some alarming discoveries along the way.
E4 Episode 4
The case comes to court, and the victims’ families discover the truth of what happened to their loved ones as new revelations emerge.