See No Evil: The Moors Murders (2006)

A very well made and well portrayed production with very good actors, as a resident of Saddleworth all my life I remember the actual event vividly and the Saddleworth moors shots I recognise well as a walker on these moors often in the past.The part of Maureen Smith played by Joanne Froggat was in my opinion extremely well portrayed and made one feel sorry for the plight of a working class and struggling woman suddenly being dragged into such an horrific set of circumstances and have her world turned upside down.Maxine Peake who plays the roll of Myra Hindley, I thought also played her part extremely well as I am more used to seeing her in comedy rolls it must have been very hard for all the cast to to act out this harrowing production even more so as it is a true story from a well published case and has not yet been concluded and may never be so.

I assumed this drama would be just another glorification of the moors murders,however i was wrong. This was portrayed in a sensitive and yet compelling way.The acting from all concerned was faultless. Maxine Peake was amazing,so different from her usual acting in shameless etc.Her portrayal of Myra Hindley was chilling. Sean Harris (creep) was fantastic as Ian Brady.His accent was rather poor,but he deserves an award for his portrayal of Brady. Joanne Frogatt (formerly in Coronation Street,Bad Girls,and most recently The Street.)simply shone as Maureen Smith (Myra's tragic innocent,and somewhat naive sister) Newcomer Michael McNulty was amazing as David Smith.He really made this role his own.He was very convincing in the part. In fact all the other actors,including George Costigan (Rita,Sue,and Bob, The Hawk) were outstanding. Thankfully we were spared the gory details of the horrific murders,but the photographs of the victims were bad enough. There will be some who will argue that this should never have been made,let alone shown,but it was made with the families' backing. This poignant,sensitive,thought provoking and well made drama truly deserves a Bafta award.A gem of a drama,in a schedule full of reality shows and rubbish.

When I saw this television drama advertised I didn't think I'd be watching it; I don't believe in recent (in the last 50 years) true crimes being 'used' as a source of 'entertainment'.I did watch the second half of 'See No Evil', however. I think the cast was uniformly excellent, especially the two actors in the lead roles. It was intelligently written and focused more on how the crimes affected those around the killers than on the heinous nature of their murders.It also brought to light the hard work of some of the police involved in the case as well as the ordinary people who volunteered to search the moors for the victims' bodies with nothing more sophisticated than sticks. At one end of the human spectrum was the bewildering amorality of the murderers; at the other, the generosity of those trying to help with the police searches. When the end credits rolled over silence, I found myself in tears.A brave and sober account of events that no one who was alive and living in Manchester at the time will ever forget.

Sean Harris and Maxine Peake really bring the monsters that were the Moors Murderers to life. Harris is fantastically disturbing,chilling and creepy as the ultimate manipulator and chief instigator of the most infamous series of murders in the last century. George Costigan as the policeman is also seen performing at the top of his game. I was worried about the way this extremely sensitive subject was going to be handled but it was perfectly done. Still shocking but not graphic apart from one scene of the murder of Eric Evans. That shocked me and I thought I was unshockable after a lifetime of watching all genres of movie. I never imagined that anyone would tackle this gruesome story for many more years but it is a story crying out to be dramatised. We never learn about why the couple did what they did but we do see the devastating effect it had on the people surrounding them. I do not think I will see anything which will stay with me for so long as this will.