Even if you hate true crime, you should watch The Sixth Commandment | Rachel Cooke
by Rachel Cooke from US news | The Guardian on (#6D6KH)
Timothy Spall's extraordinary performance lifts this drama, which is more interested in the victims than the killer, to a different level
It's hard to imagine better television - more dignified, more noticing - than The Sixth Commandment, which began last week on BBC1.
Mostly, I loathe true crime. To make entertainment of the horrifying acts of a Dennis Nilsen or a Jeffrey Dahmer isn't just gratuitously exploitative; it can only bring more pain to those who loved the men they killed.
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