Luke Evans Will Star in a New Crime Drama Series THE PEMBROKESHIRE MURDERS
Luke Evans is set to star in a new crime drama series titled The Pembrokeshire Murders. This is a 3-part series and he will take on the role of police officer Steve Wilkins, who is in pursuit of a cold-blooded serial killer.
The show is based on the true-crime book Catching the Bullseye Killer, which was written by Senior Investigating Officer Steve Wilkins and ITV news journalist Jonathan Hill. This sounds like the kind of series that I’d enjoy. I love true crime stories!
The story for this centers around “two unsolved double murders from the 1980s that cast a shadow over the work of the Dyfed Powys police force. In 2006, newly promoted Detective Superintendent Steve Wilkins decided to reopen both cases. Employing pioneering forensic methods, Wilkins and his team found microscopic DNA and fibers that potentially linked the murders to a string of burglaries committed in the ’80s and ’90s. The perpetrator of those robberies was nearing the end of his prison sentence, but if Steve Wilkins was right, he was also a serial killer. Could Steve and his team find enough forensic evidence to charge their suspect before he was released to potentially kill again?”
Luke Evans said in a statement:
“It is a privilege to be playing the role of Steve Wilkins in The Pembrokeshire Murders and working again with Simon Heath, his team at World Productions and ITV. It’s a huge responsibility for me as the drama depicts a true crime which to this day still affects the families of those whose lives were tragically taken.”
ITV’s Polly Hill added:
“Nick Stevens script is a fascinating and insightful account into how and why the Dyfed Powys Police team reopened this cold case and brought a serial killer to justice after he’d evaded capture for nearly two decades. I have wanted to work with Luke Evans again since we made The Great Train Robbery, which Simon Heath and World Productions also produced. I’m delighted that The Pembrokeshire Murders is that project, as Luke will be incredible as Steve Wilkins and this is going to be an unmissable drama for our ITV audience.”
Filming starts this month on the series. It was written by In Plain Sight’s Nick Stevens and it also stars Keith Allen (Kingsman: The Golden Circle) as John Cooper, Owen Teale (Game of Thrones) plays Gerard Elias, Alexandria Riley (The End of the F***ing World) stars as Jackie Richards, Caroline Berry (Requiem) plays Pat Cooper, Oliver Ryan (All the Money in the World) stars as Andrew Cooper and David Fynn (Undateable) plays ITV News journalist Jonathan Hill.