Des (TV series)
2020
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Aug 17, 2020 · The Real Des: Directed by Iwan Robers. With David Tennant, Dennis Nilsen. Dennis Nilsen is one of the most notorious serial killers in British criminal history. This documentary features exclusive interviews with those involved in his case.
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- Iwan Robers
- 2020-08-17
48m. IMDb RATING. 7.6 /10. 21K. YOUR RATING. Rate. POPULARITY. 2,662. 94. Play trailer 2:32. 2 Videos. 99+ Photos. Crime Drama History. In 1983, Scottish serial killer Dennis Nilsen was arrested after the discovery of human remains which had blocked a drain near his London home. Stars. David Tennant. Daniel Mays. Jason Watkins.
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- The Context That Allowed Nilsen to Kill Freely
- How Dennis Nilsen Was Caught
- Who Investigated The Murders?
- Brian Masters' Role in Dennis Nilsen's Story
- How Accurate Is David Tennant's Portrayal of Dennis Nilsen?
- How Accurate The Trial in Des Is
- Nilsen's Victims
- What Happened After The Events of Des
Desopens with real-world footage of London from the late 1970s establishing the idea of the city as a land of promise for young, unemployed people - particularly young men - London was a mess because of the wider economic situation in Britain. Homelessness was at very high levels and unemployment figures reached their peak in 1982 (at 14%). Poverty...
Des works backward as a police procedural, with Dennis Nilsen arrested at the start and the crimes revealed horrifyingly over the course of the rest of the first episode and the subsequent court case that plays out in the final two. In episode one, David Tennant's killer is initially investigated because someone calls in a blocked drain, which Nils...
In the show, Daniel Mays plays Detective Peter Jay who was a real-world figure and the key investigator in Nilsen's case. He was the Hertfordshire-based DCI charged with identifying the bodies. He was one of the police sent to Nilsen's home and was struck by the smell in Nilsen's flat, just as Mays' version was in the show. He was also one of two p...
Des is told from three perspectives - those of DCI Jay, Nilsen himself, and writer Brian Masters (who is played by The Crown star Jason Watkins) who wrote "Killing For Company" and was a consultant on Des. He met Nilsen for interviews while the killer was remanded in prison. According to the writer, he was compelled to write the biography because h...
Arguably the most chilling part of Des is how well David Tennant plays Nilsen, right down to his physical resemblance. That much is very accurate and his demeanor and vocal performance are also very close to those of Nilsen. Thanks in part to Nilsen's own amateur videography, there is evidence of what he was like and he gave an interview to Central...
Despite confessing, Nilsen complicated the run-up to his trial by firing his initial legal aid, Ronald Moss, before reinstating him, then firing him again and hiring Ralph Haeems, who he was introduced to thanks to a fellow prisoner with whom he fell in love. That much was left out of Des. It was Haeems who decided to go for a "diminished responsib...
Each of the named victims in Desare Nilsen's real victims, though some of the details were truncated to fit the show's format. It is accurate that several of Nilsen's victims survived his attempts to murder them. Nilsen himself specified that he made seven attempts that ended with him being fought off or simply changing his mind. Three of those vic...
Nilsen gave a key, haunting interview in 1993, upon which a lot of the show's details are built. including lots of the killer's mannerisms and his harrowing assertion that he was "just an ordinary man" whose motivations were never quite agreed upon. Locked away for the rest of his life, Nilsen lived until 2018 as reported in Des' epilogue, and died...
Des is a British three-part television drama miniseries, [2] based on the 1983 arrest of Scottish serial killer Dennis Nilsen, [3] after the discovery of human remains causing the blockage of a drain near his home. [1] . The series premiered on 14 September 2020. [4] Cast. David Tennant as Dennis Nilsen, serial killer.
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- Sarah Warne
- 14 September –, 16 September 2020
- ITV
Sep 16, 2020 · Following on from ITV’s drama series Des, Dennis Nilsen – the notorious killer of at least 12 young men across London during the 80s – will once again be explored in new documentary, The Real...
- Thomas Ling
Guided by criminologist Professor David Wilson, who spent decades interviewing and corresponding with Nilsen, this unique film features new material and previously unseen archive, alongside interviews with victims' families and footage from Nilsen's infamous ITV interview in 1992. Documentary 2019 46 min. Unrated. About. The Real Des. DOCUMENTARY.
Sep 14, 2020 · Des is based on the real life story of Scottish serial killer Dennis Nilsen, who murdered at least 12 people between 1978 and 1983. By Rhona Shennan. Published 14th Sep 2020, 13:20 BST. Updated...
