True crime drama show with 93% on Rotten Tomatoes climbs up Netflix chart

The series is based on a dark real-life police investigation.

That show is titled A Confession, which originally aired on ITV and details the true story of Detective Superintendent Stephen Fulcher (played by Martin Freeman) and his hunt for the missing 22-year-old Sian O'Callaghan.

In particular, it explores the controversy surrounding the detective's decision to "breach protocols to catch a killer".

Based on Fulcher's book Catching a Serial Killer, A Confession was written by Jeff Pope (Philomena) and directed by Paul Andrew Williams (Bull).

It also co-stars Charlie Cooper (This Country), Kate Ashfield (Shaun of the Dead), Imelda Staunton (Harry Potter) and Siobhan Finneran (Happy Valley).

Upon release in 2019, the series earned hugely positive reviews from critics for its performances and its thoughtful retelling of dark real-life events.

Garnering a 93% Rotten Tomatoes score, the show now seems to be being discovered by a new audience on Netflix - as it is climbing up the streaming service's TV charts.

You can read a sample of some of the raves for A Confession right here:

Daily Telegraph (UK): "This was simply a terrifically well written and acted, and terribly sad, drama that gripped with the inescapable pain experienced by everyone involved in the case."

Firstpost: "Raises the age old question about ends justifying the means, especially in circumstances where what you think is legally right and morally right are not the same thing."

The Guardian: "It is a sad, ruthless dramatisation of ruthlessly sad events that asks - especially in later episodes - profound questions about how we want to - and how we should - obtain justice for the murdered and missing."

Observer (UK): "It's shaded, human, credible and tawdry, as in life, and heavily (rightly) slanted on the community and family fallout of two missing girls rather than whizzy police cunning."

The six-part A Confession is streaming right now in its entirety in the UK and Ireland via Netflix.

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