White House Farm

Factual drama based on the notorious White House Farm murders, and the ensuing police investigation and court case.

White House Farm (2020) is a British factual drama limited series created for ITV1 that dramatizes the notorious White House Farm murders and the police investigation and court case that followed. Stephen Graham stars as DCI Thomas 'Taff' Jones, the detective who pieces together a grim family tragedy from scattered evidence, while Freddie Fox plays Jeremy Bamber, the man at the center of the case, and Amanda Burton appears as June Bamber. Alongside them, Mark Addy as DS Stan Jones, Mark Stanley as Colin Caffell, and Cressida Bonas as Sheila Caffell help fill out a web of relatives, friends and officers. The engine of the series is the slow grind of an investigation: interviews in cramped rooms, forensic details that refuse to line up neatly, and the strain on investigators who know a community is waiting for answers. Across six forty-five-minute episodes it moves methodically from the crime scene toward the courtroom, letting the weight of testimony and doubt carry the drama. Set in 1980s rural England, its tone is sombre, grounded and claustrophobic, with an emphasis on procedure over spectacle. Fans of The Staircase, Broadchurch and Making a Murderer will find the same appetite for real cases told with restraint and moral unease.

Audiences rated this factual drama positively for its grounded, measured handling of the White House Farm murders and the police investigation and court case.

• The Staircaseshared true crime dramatization of a real British murder case and courtroom investigation
• Making a Murderershared procedural focus on a real-life police investigation and a contested family murder
• Broadchurchshared grounded factual drama tone around a notorious unsolved rural crime

Release Date

2020-01-08

Episode runtime

45 min

Rating

7.4 / 10 (86)

What is White House Farm about?

A six-part British factual drama dramatizing the 1985 White House Farm murders and the police investigation and court case that followed.

What is White House Farm like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of White House Farm as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.

Is White House Farm violent?

Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in White House Farm as moderate.

What did critics think of White House Farm?

Audiences rated this factual drama positively for its grounded, measured handling of the White House Farm murders and the police investigation and court case.

Which shows are like White House Farm?

Shows with a similar feel include The Staircase, Making a Murderer, and Broadchurch.

How long is White House Farm?

White House Farm: 1 season, 6 episodes.

Is White House Farm still running?

No, White House Farm has ended.