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The Sixth Commandment is as true as the true crime drama gets. 

The series is based on the true story of the deaths of Peter Farquhar and Ann Moore-Martin.

1. When did you think about a career in theatre and what were your first steps into it? My mother, Marie, was a wonderful amateur actress and director, and I was the kid that was dragged to rehearsals or was helping her with her lines.

BritBox International has acquired The Sixth Commandment and This England to debut in the U.S. later this year. 

'The Sixth Commandment' and 'This England' have been bought by BritBox International.

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True-crime dramas can provoke many different responses from viewers. They can shock us, disturb us, disgust us, even make us despair at the monstrous wickedness — call it evil, if you must — lurking inside a mercifully small number of human beings.

As the four-part BBC series comes to a close, the young Cork actor has received ecstatic reviews for his disturbing performance

BBC One's true crime series focuses on a chilling story of loneliness and exploitation.

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: An extra layer of chill lies over The Sixth Commandment (BBC1). Somehow its made even creepier by the fact that each of its victims is so immediately recognisable.