ITV crime series The Pembrokeshire Murders has trended on Netflix after being added to the service over the weekend.
The Wales-set true crime drama was originally released in 2021, and it follows the re-opening of two unsolved murder cases from the 1980s many years later.
While the killer wasn't initially found, an episode of Bullseye helped Detective Superintendent Steve Wilkins (played by Luke Evans) and the Dyfed Powys police force establish a link to a criminal set for release from prison decades afterwards.
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Since its release on Netflix on Sunday (December 1), The Pembrokeshire Murders has become a big hit on the streamer – currently sitting at the Number 1 spot in TV programmes.
Speaking to Digital Spy and other media ahead of the three-part show's initial release a few years ago, Evans explained that he was drawn to the project because he is "a sucker for a true story".
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"It's a shocking true story about the worst serial killer that Wales has ever seen," he added. "It just drew my attention to the work that the police force does behind the scenes and the human impact of what people go through when something like this happens in their community."
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Evans further explained that "it's a real story of a team of people who absolutely wanted to find the truth and get the man who committed these crimes".
"And the work and time and effort and sacrifice that they all put in is part of the story. It's not just about the crimes, it's about the people that find this man and how they find him and the unbelievable twists that this story takes during the investigation, which just are – they are mind-boggling.
"And literally when I read a treatment, I remember sitting in my trailer and I started Googling it because somehow I think I might have been a bit too young for it to have had an impact on me when it actually did happen."
The Pembrokeshire Murders is streaming now on Netflix.
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