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The Sixth Commandment

The Sixth Commandment

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Overview

A series that dramatises the shocking story of the true-life murder of former Stowe schoolmaster and deeply closeted evangelical Christian, 69-year-old Peter Farquhar by his 28-year-old student and young churchwarden Ben Field in October 2015.

Created by Derek Wax
Written by Sarah Phelps
Produced by Frances du Pille
NetworksBBC One

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Top Cast

Timothy Spall

Timothy Spall

Peter Farquhar

Anne Reid

Anne Reid

Ann Moore-Martin

Éanna Hardwicke

Éanna Hardwicke

Ben Field

Annabel Scholey

Annabel Scholey

Ann-Marie Blake

Anna Crilly

Anna Crilly

Natalie Golding

Jonathan Aris

Jonathan Aris

DCI Mark Glover

Peter Sullivan

Peter Sullivan

David Jeremy

Ben Bailey Smith

Ben Bailey Smith

Simon Blake

Sheila Hancock

Sheila Hancock

Elizabeth Zettl

Adrian Rawlins

Adrian Rawlins

Ian Farquhar

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About The Sixth Commandment

The Sixth Commandment is a crime, drama series that first aired in 2023. Created by Derek Wax, it stars Timothy Spall, Anne Reid, Éanna Hardwicke. A series that dramatises the shocking story of the true-life murder of former Stowe schoolmaster and deeply closeted evangelical Christian, 69-year-old Peter Farquhar by his 28-year-old student and young churchwarden Ben Field in October 2015.

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