The Pembrokeshire Murders

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Watched it and enjoyed it, but it was a bit dull.

Tuesdays episode seemed to drag on without going anywhere, and yesterdays episode in the court seemed rushed.

2/3 out of 5 seems fair.

[J R Hartley]

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Watched it and enjoyed it, but it was a bit dull.

Tuesdays episode seemed to drag on without going anywhere, and yesterdays episode in the court seemed rushed.

2/3 out of 5 seems fair.

Yeah I thought Episode 1 was the best and then it fizzled out.

[Elwood Blues]

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Watched it and enjoyed it, but it was a bit dull.

Tuesdays episode seemed to drag on without going anywhere, and yesterdays episode in the court seemed rushed.

2/3 out of 5 seems fair.

Funny how we have different views. I didn't see anything wrong in Tuesdays episode and felt the court case was long enough

4/5 out of 5 for me

[cardiff55]

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Yes, it was watchable but not as slick as some others.

Watch Serpent , which is also based on a real life crime and that, for me, is a different class.

I agree, apart from Keith Allen it was not great. For a drama its wasn't very dramatic and could have been done in an hour and a half. Tragic story though. I agree about Serpent , it is excellent.

[Elwood Blues]

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The pictures of the murderer and his wife were a bit of a jarring note though his was very similar to the actual photo.

[Former Labour leader]

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As I said in an earlier post this docu/drama is very close to home.
Given time constraints and artistic licence it was a decent representation of what happened and has been well received down this way.
Cooper was a bad guy, and from what I understand there are other unexplained deaths which he may be responsible for. I also believe the first murder enquiry could have nailed him.
He only lived a few hundred yards from the site of the first murders and drank with one of the victims in the 'Huntsman' pub.

[Moodybluebird]

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Funny how we have different views. I didn't see anything wrong in Tuesdays episode and felt the court case was long enough

4/5 out of 5 for me

Agree with you on this one. 4/5 for me too.

Thought it was was very watchable and Keith Allen was extremely believable as John Cooper. A perfect role for him to play.

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As I said in an earlier post this docu/drama is very close to home.
Given time constraints and artistic licence it was a decent representation of what happened and has been well received down this way.
Cooper was a bad guy, and from what I understand there are other unexplained deaths which he may be responsible for. I also believe the first murder enquiry could have nailed him.
He only lived a few hundred yards from the site of the first murders and drank with one of the victims in the 'Huntsman' pub.

That's why it can't be compared to Hinterland or other fictional stories: you can only work with what actually happened. Will be watching the documentary tonight to see but did enjoy the drama of the interviews and interaction between police officers and scientists showing how forensic evidence works.

[Pedro de la Rosa]

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Watched it and enjoyed it, but it was a bit dull.

Tuesdays episode seemed to drag on without going anywhere, and yesterdays episode in the court seemed rushed.

2/3 out of 5 seems fair.

3 out of 5. I think last night was far too rushed, and all the evidence happened at once. The stuff about his son wasn’t long enough too add anything to the story so was pointless as well. It is a bit of an odd TV programme, as it’s a cold case it is hard to do.

[Hometown Unicorn!]

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The Guardian gave it 4/5.

I really enjoyed it. I think the drama was toned down on purpose to reflect the painstaking reality of forensic investigation. It's not exciting but it's often the evidence that is key in a prosecution. It took them quite a few years to gather the DNA and other forensic evidence and put the pieces together, the whole mood reflected that for me. If you had Luke Evans getting massively animated and jumping over cars for no reason, wouldn't have been the story they were trying to tell.

Plus I liked that they used Port Talbot for the scummy scenes where the son lived :hehe:

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The Guardian gave it 4/5.

I really enjoyed it. I think the drama was toned down on purpose to reflect the painstaking reality of forensic investigation. It's not exciting but it's often the evidence that is key in a prosecution. It took them quite a few years to gather the DNA and other forensic evidence and put the pieces together, the whole mood reflected that for me. If you had Luke Evans getting massively animated and jumping over cars for no reason, wouldn't have been the story they were trying to tell.

Plus I liked that they used Port Talbot for the scummy scenes where the son lived :hehe:

They didn't show any of the forensic evidence during the trial stage of the programme though, the did set it out during the interrogation.

I spent a lot of episode 2 looking at my phone, but last night was think surely this cant end at 10.

[Fatty Foggon]

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Maybe the producers could have hyped it up, and made John Cooper win a speedboat in the Bullseye episode he appeared in.

[Armitage Shanks]

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I hoped itv would have shown the whole bullseye episode. Can't beat a bit of bully

[Divine Wright]

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Keith Allen

Apart from the 2 main characters I thought the rest of the actors were shite, low budget Welsh actors.

The story itself he was one evil bastard John Cooper.

Shite....

Low budget...

....and Welsh!

That just takes the biscuit.

[The Bloop]

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I hoped itv would have shown the whole bullseye episode. Can't beat a bit of bully

Surprised that Tony Green wasn't cited as an accomplice as he was always there to help.