Sixth Commandment BBC Trailer

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New four-part crime series the Sixth Commandment, is coming to the BBC. It’s centred around the deaths of Peter Farquhar and Ann Moore-Martin in the village of Maids Moreton, Buckinghamshire, in 2015 and 2017.The Sixth Commandment airs on July 17, a show said to highlight “the devastating effect of isolation and loneliness”.What is the Sixth Commandement about?The drama is written by Sarah Phelps, and stars Mr Turner and Spencer actor Timothy Spall as Peter Farquhar, “an inspirational teacher” who was manipulated into a relationship with Ben Field, his killer. Sanditon’s Anne Reid stars as the second murder vicitim, Ann Moore-Martin. Also in the cast list are:Éanna Hardwicke (Lakelands, Normal People)Annabel Scholey (The Split, The Salisbury Poisonings)Sheila Hancock (Unforgotten, A Discovery of Witches, Great Canal Journeys)Ben Bailey Smith (The Split, Andor)Conor MacNeill (Industry)Adrian Rawlins (Baptiste, Chernobyl) Amanda Root (Summerland, Unforgotten)

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00:00 (footsteps)

00:02 - Who here lives by a moral code?

00:04 I'm glad I'm not alone.

00:09 - Please show your appreciation for Mr. Peter Farquhar.

00:15 (audience applauding)

00:18 - Do you think Christ wants you to be lonely and unhappy?

00:22 - That's a good point, isn't it?

00:23 - Why?

00:24 - Because I do not think it is possible for me to be loved.

00:28 - We were just discussing what characterizes

00:31 the romantic ideal.

00:32 - There is no law but the artist's feeling.

00:34 - Yes, good.

00:36 - It's lovely here.

00:37 So peaceful.

00:39 Fallen in love with you, Peter.

00:43 - I like it here so much.

00:46 It's peaceful.

00:50 - He's a wonderful man.

00:54 - Well, so you say, but I don't know him.

00:58 - It's you and this man.

00:59 - His name is Ben.

01:00 - Ben lived with him and Peter got ill.

01:03 And then Ben lived with my aunt and she got ill.

01:05 - What's that?

01:09 - I think I need to talk to the police.

01:12 - You will hear evidence of extreme gaslighting

01:14 and psychological manipulation, all to frighten,

01:16 to isolate, to make a person terrified for their sanity.

01:19 - When he's convicted, when he's in prison, it'll be over.

01:23 - Ben's a weird man.

01:24 That's all they've got.

01:25 - I think I'll get away with most of that.

01:26 - And what if he doesn't get convicted?

01:28 - It's not gonna happen.

01:29 - It does happen.

01:30 Guilty people get away with it.

01:32 It happens all the time.

01:34 - I want us to consider the commandments.

01:37 Now I'm thinking of one specifically.

01:40 (dramatic music)

01:43 (dramatic music)

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