The drama stars James Nesbitt as killer dentist Colin Howell and Genevieve O’Reilly as Hazel Buchanan.
It was originally broadcast from 29 April to 20 May 2016 in four episodes.
Currently on NetFlix.
I’m not a fan of TV “drama” series - they’re usually over-hyped, over-acted, over-long and overrated. However, I’m a sucker for “true-crime” reconstruction documentaries. “The Secret” falls in between, being based on “true-crime” but presented as “drama” and I found it compelling viewing.
From the beginning, the presentation style is low-key and “realistic”, helped enormously by understated but impressive performances from the cast.
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It was a strange and troubling professional return to Northern Ireland for Nesbitt. The Secret’s occasionally gruelling events take place in Coleraine, where the 51-year-old went to school. “My sister was at Lesley Howell’s coffee mornings,” he reveals. “Two of my best friends were patients of Colin’s. When Colin dumped the bodies in his father-in-law’s garage and ran along the beach he went right past my parent’s house where they were sleeping. I found that quite scary.”
