In Plain Sight

2016 • ITV1

4.4

5 reviews

Rating

Eligible

Season 1 episodes (4)

1 Episode 1

12/7/16

Peter Manuel, recently released from a nine year prison term for a series of sexual assaults, is determined to make Detective William Muncie, the man responsible for his incarceration, pay the price. After a further sexual attack on a young woman, Manuel elects to defend himself in court. Muncie is afraid this is the last time Manuel will ever leave a witness to testify against him, and he doesn't have to wait long to be proven right.

2 Episode 2

12/14/16

No arrest is made after Anne Kneiland's murder. Nine months later another family fall victim to a tragic attack. The husband and father, William, who was on a fishing trip at the time, is arrested. However, Muncie is convinced Manuel is the man behind all four murders. Muncie finally manages to cast enough doubt on Watt's arrest to have him released without charge, but can make no more headway on capturing Manuel. He has to watch and wait and before very long another young girl goes missing.

3 Episode 3

12/21/16

The day after Isabelle Cooke disappears, Manuel hands himself in to Muncie with an alibi for his movements of the previous twenty four hours. Four days later Peter and Doris Smart and their twelve year old son are shot dead in their beds, but the murderer makes a mistake. He steals. Muncie tells his team that Manuel has never mixed killing with stealing and if they can tie him to the theft they have got him. After his arrest Manuel points out to Muncie he can only be done for stealing, they don't have anything on him for the deaths. What Muncie needs is a full confession.

101 Behind the Scenes

12/21/16

A look behind the scenes of the dramatisation of the true story of Lanarkshire detective William Muncie’s quest to bring to justice notorious Scottish killer Peter Manuel.

About this show

This atmospheric drama based on a chilling true story sees a determined detective taunted by an arrogant serial killer as he fights to bring him to justice. The trial and execution of Peter Manuel in 1958 was a media sensation and attracted worldwide press attention. Never before had one man been tried simultaneously for eight murders. This gripping series dramatises the real-life story of Detective William Muncie's dogged battle to prove Manuel's guilt – and the killer's personal vendetta against the policeman on his trail. On Manuel's release from jail in 1955, having served time for a series of sexual assaults, he embarks on a two-year killing spree, bringing fear and terror to a small close-knit community in Scotland. Thriving on the panic and press generated by his crimes, it's this need to be the star of his own story that proves Manuel's downfall – and enables Muncie to finally get his man.

Ratings and reviews

4.4

5 reviews

A Mc

May 1, 2020

A must see!!!! Martin Compston is a brilliant actor!! Excellent at playing the part of Peter Manuel!!! Had me gripped!!

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