Four Lives

The show four lives is unfortunately based on true preventable events which I knew before going into watching it , I am truly sorry for the families and victims than ever before.

The show is accurate and very well acted, especially regarding Sheridan Smiths performance which I have no doubt she'll win many awards for!

I hope the tv show brings more light to unjust crimes not just in the UK but everywhere !

If u have the time to spare watch this TV show and please support the LGBT community.

Thank you .

This is a really well-made story of how four young men were murdered by same man after meeting up through a gay dating website. It's a tale very much of the time we live in. It seems to me there's so many young people who are prepared to just meet complete strangers through social media, without really thinking of the potential consequences.

Sheridan Smith plays the mother of the first victim and as always she puts on a first class performance. As far as I'm aware this was Stephen merchants first straight role and deserves praise for the way he portrayed the evil sadistic killer, who claimed his innocence right up to the end. Well worth a watch particularly if like me you were previously unaware of this story. 8/10.

This is the kind of cop show we should see more often. In short, Four Lives is about cops NOT solving a series of murders. In fact, they not only fail to solve the crimes, they fail to even acknowledge that crimes have been committed. They fail to recognise the bumbling culprit whose cack-handed attempts at covering his tracks are entirely successful. They fail to see the most obvious of links between the four deaths. They even fail utterly at family liaison, thereby exacerbating people's grief and distress. It's a tale of incompetence, arrogance and homophobia that some viewers might find truly staggering. But as a former journalist I can attest that the cops in Four Lives are much closer to the vast majority of real-life cops than any of the TV detectives depicted in series after series, decade after decade. Pick almost any real life murder case and you're far more likely to uncover examples of prejudiced, lazy or less-than-bright cops making endless mistakes, corrupting crime scenes, missing evidence and blindly pursuing the wrong killer. All of which makes Four Lives a long overdue exercise in balance. Well done.

Anyone watching this adaptation of a terribly botched investigation by the Met Police must first and foremost think of the four young men who lost their lives to this monster and to the friends and family still mourning their loss.

The writers correctly took a respectful approach to honestly retelling the stories of the four young men accurately without adding melodrama or sensationalising.

It was very well made in all departments with strong understated performances from Sheridan Smith and Stephen Merchant in particular and some great work from many of the supporting actors.

Powerful and moving television that left me angry and in tears.

Having had personal experience with police and liaison officers and investigating police this perfectly portrays the frustration of today when dealing with them. You'd like to think lessons would be learnt but no. They're a frustrating bunch with no sympathy, empathy or common sense. Scary when they're in such positions. But make no mistake the portrayal is very real.

Sheridan is wonderful as always. Seems to be something about her managing to play the rough housewife so well. Remember The Moorside?

Merchant is equality as mesmerising even if he doesn't say a lot. Check out them eyes. Hate to know what the real bloke is like.

The sadness of the ending brought me to tears.

Compelling watch.