See No Evil: The Moors Murders (2006)

See No Evil: The Moors Murders is a British two-part television miniseries directed by Christopher Menaul. It was produced by Granada Television and broadcast on ITV during May 2006. It tells the story of the Moors murders, which were committed during the 1960s by Myra Hindley and Ian Brady, from the view of Hindley's sister Maureen Smith and her husband David.

The film is the first known dramatisation of one of the most notorious killing sprees in British history and was made to mark the 40th anniversary of Hindley and Brady's trial. It was made with the full backing of the victims' families, and was based on two years research, including interviews with detectives, relatives of the murdered children, and Hindley's brother-in-law David Smith.

The only murder which featured in the serial was the final murder: that of 17-year-old Edward Evans at Hindley and Brady's house in Hattersley. However, the investigation into the disappearance of the four other victims was mentioned on several occasions earlier in the film, particularly that of 12-year-old John Kilbride (the second victim).

See No Evil won the British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Serial at the 2007 ceremony. The film was released as a Region 1 DVD on 29 April 2008, followed by a Region 2 DVD release on 7 July of the same year.

Synopsis

The story begins in 1964. Married teenagers David and Maureen Smith have recently become parents to a baby girl called Angela. When the child dies of cot-death at the age of six months, Maureen turns to her older sister, Myra, for comfort, and David finds friendship in Myra's boyfriend, Ian Brady. David and Maureen know nothing of the secrets harboured by Brady and Hindley.

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