this fact based movie about Myra Hindley and Ian Brady,Britain's notorious child killers of the 1960's is sure to send chills down your spine.it doesn't sensationalize the murders.in fact,most of the murders themselves are not shown.instead,we are shown the bizarre behaviour of Hindley and Brady and their sadistic leanings.one murder is shown,but it's not explicit or graphic.but the way it is shown is horrifying.it's hard to say which of the two was the initiator of the crimes,or if both played equal parts.they both are shown as manipulators and without remorse.The acting is stellar,form Maxine Peake as Hindley and Sean Harris as Brady.but equally effective are Joanne Frogatt as Hindley's sister Maureen ans Matthew Mcnulty as Maureen's husband.the rest of the supporting players are also exceptional,too numerous to mention here,although i have to mention Joe Costigna as DCI Joe Mounsey.this is a first class production all the way.it broken my heart,and will stay with me for a long time. 10/10

This film was portrayed in a very strong and parsonage way. The cast played daunting characters with tremendous effort. This movie is chilling in the fact that it is still on the mind of many people. I only rated it a 6 as I thought maybe more could have been put across about how these two absolute animals lived their horrific murderous life's. There may have been some restraints on what could be told.I lived local as a child to these areas and today the mention of Brady and Hindley runs chills through peoples bones.Great film - Great CastA must on the TO WATCH list !

STAR RATING: ***** The Works **** Just Misses the Mark *** That Little Bit In Between ** Lagging Behind * The Pits To mark the 40th anniversary of Ian Brady and Myra Hindley's convictions for the horrific 'Moors Murders', ITV1 has produced this dramatization of their hunt, capture and conviction, charting their friendship with Dave Smith (Michael McNulty), boyfriend of Hindley's sister, whom Brady tried to warp into his twisted little world. It was only when he saw Brady butchering 17 year old Edward Evans to death that it all came out and the pair were caught.People reacted to this production with the expected mixed emotions. It was always going to be one of the most controversial productions the station had ever green-lighted, and there was understandable out-rage, offense and shock from some when it went ahead. But the families of the victims were okay with it and this drama does manage to be as realistic yet sensitive as it could possibly be.This can hardly be described as 'entertaining', but by telling the dark true story that it is, it does play out with the required haunting gusto, with some dark camera shots and a few quiet, reflective scenes.Performances wise, Sean Harris and Maxine Peake as the two main characters are highly effective, as are some of the supporting cast including George Costigan as the detective who lead the investigation that brought the pair to justice. Some of the others might need to brush up on their craft a bit, but they do not stop what is generally a well made and very effective timely re-telling of events nobody wanted to know but had to hear. ****

I was quite young [7 - 9 years of age] when these events took place, and remember the dreadful feelings that were prevalent. Before this drama was screened, I was not sure it would be possible to dramatize such an horrific episode without it coming across in a way that either glossed over or overemphasized many aspects. However, I feel this was a well pitched production. For me it has gone a small way towards dealing with something that has been uncomfortable to think about in recent times, when those involved were for one reason or another in the news. I don't think it would be appropriate for the full details to be made public in a television programme, but hopefully there was enough to be informative yet not too distressing. I hope the families concerned did not find the drama hurtful, and that it didn't reopen deep wounds for them - probably a vain hope, unfortunately.