WITNESS THE MAKING OF A MURDERER Out on DVD 19th March 2007Witness a deadly fall from grace with a stirring new drama from ITV DVD. Charles Dance (Gosford Park, Alien 3) and Emilia Fox (The Pianist, Silent Witness) star in Fallen Angel, an epic trilogy that delves into the dark and twisted mind of a female serial killer. Based on the internationally acclaimed crime saga Requiem for an Angel: The Roth Trilogy by Andrew Taylor, this cutting-edge production is out to own from 19th March 2007 in a triple DVD set. With a set so lavish it rivals even the best of US drama, Fallen Angel, has reinvented the crime genre for UK TV, twisting and turning through three epic parts, with A-list stars and high production values. Crime drama doesn’t get any more gripping than this.Featuring a wealth of British talent such as Sheila Hancock (Love and Death on Long Island, Bleak House); Mark Benton (Booze Cruise, Northern Lights); Niamh Cusack (Too Good to be True, Heartbeat); James D’Arcy (Master and Commander, An American Haunting) and Clare Holman (Blood Diamond, Inspector Morse), Fallen Angel is a psychological drama that will have you hooked and on the edge of your seats.ITV Controller of Network Drama, Nick Elliott says: It is a very exciting idea with a totally original format. I cannot remember many, if any, dramas that have told a story backwards over 25 years uncovering truth and secrets as we go. In many ways, not least with its three 90 minute episodes, it’s a very big piece of drama.Brilliantly cunning and manipulative, the layers are peeled back to expose the making of a murderess; like an archaeological dig, working backwards in time to expose the events that lead to the corruption of a mind and the creation of a monster.
Part One: Set in contemporary London, a little girl is abducted by a sinister woman known only as Angel. To the outside world it seems as if the child has fallen into a black hole with only grizzly clues hinting at her fate. Finally, with the aid of family friend David (Charles Dance), the child is rescued, but unbeknown to David, he and Angel are father and daughter.
Part Two: Rewinding back in time to when a teenage Angel was known as Rosemary (Emilia Fox), who is living an idyllic village life with her widowed father, David. With Cambridge University beckoning and a loving rapport with her father, life couldn’t be more perfect. But it all changes when David announces his engagement and Rosemary decides on drastic measures.
Part three: Further back in time to Rosemary Rosie aged five, living with her father in the shadow of one of England’s great cathedrals where David is beginning to build a successful career in the church. But once again Rosie’s intense need for her father’s attention will lead to tragic consequences.
Adapted for television by Peter Ransley (A Good Murder, Fingersmith) and directed by David Drury (Love Lies Bleeding, Marian Again), Fallen Angel rewrites the crime drama formula as a whole, creating a new and unique format where each part stands alone, yet simultaneously interlocking in a web of mystery.Fallen Angel