{"id":6230,"date":"2016-06-14T09:53:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-14T13:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/itv-orders-true-crime-drama-about-scottish-killer-peter-manuel\/"},"modified":"2016-06-14T11:16:46","modified_gmt":"2016-06-14T15:16:46","slug":"itv-orders-true-crime-drama-about-scottish-killer-peter-manuel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/itv-orders-true-crime-drama-about-scottish-killer-peter-manuel\/","title":{"rendered":"ITV Orders True-Crime Drama About Scottish Killer Peter Manuel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON: ITV has commissioned the three-part true-crime drama <em>Muncie<\/em> (working title) from World Productions and Finlaggan Films.<\/p>\n<p>The miniseries will tell the true story of Lanarkshire detective William Muncie\u2019s quest to bring the notorious Scottish killer Peter Manuel to justice. Douglas Henshall (<em>Collision<\/em>, <em>Shetland<\/em>) will portray William Muncie, while Peter Manuel is to be played by Martin Compston (<em>Line of Duty<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>The project marks Nick Stevens\u2019s TV writing debut. The miniseries will be directed by John Strickland, who helmed the recent <em>Line of Duty<\/em> finale. International distribution will be handled by BBC Worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Muncie<\/em> is a compelling three-part series featuring a true-crime story,\u201d said ITV\u2019s controller of drama, Victoria Fea. \u201cWe\u2019re delighted to be commissioning the miniseries from World Productions and Finlaggan Films, and to be working with Nick Stevens, whose scripts perfectly capture Manuel\u2019s personal vendetta against the man who struggled to bring him to justice.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON: ITV has commissioned the three-part true-crime drama Muncie (working title) from World Productions and Finlaggan Films.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[995,321,996,725],"class_list":["post-6230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-finlaggan-films","tag-itv","tag-muncie","tag-world-productions","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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