See No Evil: The Moors Murders

The sickening crimes of Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, told through the eyes of Myra's sister Maureen and her husband Dave.

It's taken fifteen years for me to watch this, in truth it's because I find the whole case so sickening, so upsetting, buy here are my thoughts.

A two part series, which is largely shown through the eyes of Myra's sister Maureen, the effects on her life, and how the crimes impacted on her life going forward.

The Moors murders shocked and sickened everyone, the crimes of Brady and Hindley so cruel, sickening and wicked. Even now my family won't have their names mentioned.

The series is quite violent, but fortunately it spares you details of some of what they did, it implies events.

The period detail is amazing, clothes, costumes, cars etc, it's very well made.

The acting is sensational, each does a great job, for me Joanne Frogatt stands out, what an actress she is.

I'm glad I watched it, it's very good, 8/10.

STAR RATING: ***** The Works **** Just Misses the Mark *** That Little Bit In Between ** Lagging Behind * The Pits

To mark the 40th anniversary of Ian Brady and Myra Hindley's convictions for the horrific 'Moors Murders', ITV1 has produced this dramatization of their hunt, capture and conviction, charting their friendship with Dave Smith (Michael McNulty), boyfriend of Hindley's sister, whom Brady tried to warp into his twisted little world. It was only when he saw Brady butchering 17 year old Edward Evans to death that it all came out and the pair were caught.

People reacted to this production with the expected mixed emotions. It was always going to be one of the most controversial productions the station had ever green-lighted, and there was understandable out-rage, offense and shock from some when it went ahead. But the families of the victims were okay with it and this drama does manage to be as realistic yet sensitive as it could possibly be.

This can hardly be described as 'entertaining', but by telling the dark true story that it is, it does play out with the required haunting gusto, with some dark camera shots and a few quiet, reflective scenes.

Performances wise, Sean Harris and Maxine Peake as the two main characters are highly effective, as are some of the supporting cast including George Costigan as the detective who lead the investigation that brought the pair to justice. Some of the others might need to brush up on their craft a bit, but they do not stop what is generally a well made and very effective timely re-telling of events nobody wanted to know but had to hear. ****

This show was recently shown as a two part mini-series . Some fine performances here from Maxine Peake as Myra Hindley and Mike McNulty as David Smith . Though the truly horrible events of the Moors Murders are dealt with in a manner sympathetic to the victims and victims' families ( no blood gore and detail here ) . You do discover a side to Hindley and Brady that has rarely been shown - both may have been monsters and inherently evil but also both were highly manipulative and believable . Some very daring performances , particularly by Peake as Myra Hindley and Sean Harris as Brady , this together with a haunting soundtrack , rare levels of authenticity and the bleak but beautiful Moors setting make this a reasonable thing to watch .

Maxine Peake and Sean Harris both have wonderful performances as the infamous Moors Murderers Myra Hindley and Ian Brady. Such a powerful programme, yet there was hardly any gore. The silence just before it cut to adverts was creepy and surreal and let the events really sink in. After watching countless two part dramas on television I can safely say this is the best yet. The acting was second to none; you generally believed that Maxine and Sean were the people they portrayed. The devastation of the families was so well shown, your heart went out to the families of the murdered. A wonderful dramatisation of a relatively touchy subject. Very well done.

It's odd how dated historical dramas can become. It's just shy of twenty years since this was aired and at the time I remember how brave it was for daring to show the story of her sister and brother-in-law.

I still think it's brave, but I think a more updated telling would give more time to the victims and the obvious nonsense with the various police forces' investigations.

This was a quality drama at the time and I still think it holds weight. Maxine Peake is always phenomenal. The fella who plays Brady though, I knew I always had him pinned for a baddie. Was it because of this? Did he do it too well? I know full well I've seen him in all the wrong 'un roles since.

Anyway, RIP their victims and may the two awful creatures responsible be damned for eternity.