The Secret, released on DVD by Universal Pictures (UK) on 23rd May 2016 is all four parts of the gripping ITV miniseries based on true events of a Sunday school teacher and a respectable dentist who formed a murderous partnership.
The location: a seaside town in Northern Ireland in 1991. The scene: two bodies in a carbon monoxide filled car. A former nurse Lesley Howell, and a police officer Trevor Buchanan, have apparently taken their own lives together...
Hazel Buchanan (Genevieve O'Reilly) and Colin Howell (James Nesbitt) meet at their local Baptist Church in Coleraine, Northern Ireland and embark upon a passionate and destructive affair, which climaxes in an elaborate plot to commit the "perfect murder" to kill both their partners, Lesley and Trevor, and make it look like a suicide pact.
The killers fool the police and get away with murder, but their relationship soon sours and they separate. They rebuild their lives, each remarrying and prospering, but can never escape what they have done. As a series of disasters befalls Howell, he finally confesses his crimes to the horrified elders of his church.
Convicted of murder, Howell implicates Hazel in the killing. Hazel admits involvement but pleads not guilty, claiming she was coerced. In a climactic murder trial, Howell gives evidence against his former lover.
Episode Details
- Episode 1 - When Colin Howell and Hazel Buchanan meet at their local Baptist Church in rural Northern Ireland, they start an affair which will have cataclysmic consequences
- Episode 2 - Colin and Hazel carry out his plan to kill Lesley and Trevor, and stage it to look like a suicide pact. But will the community and the police believe their story?
- Episode 2 - As the inquest approaches, Colin and Hazel have to hold their nerve. But even if they do get away with it, can their relationship survive?
- Episode 4 - The past catches up with Colin as he is finally driven to confess his crime. But when Hazel pleads not guilty, will Colin take all the blame?
- None or TBC
Please note - Disc special features are subject to change, may differ from format to format and/or may differ from region to region.
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