Sky reveal release date for 'gripping' true crime doc about case which 'rocked community to its core'

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26 Jul 2024, 13:42

Sky’s latest true crime documentary The Body Next Door is coming soon to TV and streaming.

Based on one of Wales’ “most shocking” murder mysteries, the series will launch on Sky Documentaries and NOW on Sunday 11th August.

The three-part series will focus on the police investigation which began after a corpse was discovered in the quiet Welsh village of Beddau. 

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With no matching DNA, fingerprints or dental records to help investigators identify the victim at the heart of the case, the mystery deepened as detectives and locals questioned who did this as well as who the victim was.

The show’s synopsis continues: “As the investigation progresses, the narrative deepens when a surprising suspect is identified. This revelation opens up a Pandora’s box of lies, trauma, and hidden histories that challenge the village's perceptions and the supposed innocence of its inhabitants, before the series takes a remarkable shift to look at one family’s pain and trauma, as everything they thought they knew turned out to be a lie.”

Teasing the series, Sky’s commissioning editor Tom Barry said: “The Body Next Door tells the incredibly gripping story of an investigation into a shocking murder but also the story of a community rocked to its core and a family sadly torn apart. 

“It is the exceptional storytelling from the team at [production company] RAW that takes the viewer down an unexpected path which makes it such a riveting watch.”

Executive producers Keeley Van Dyke and Louise Norman added: “What started as an intriguing murder mystery in a small, tight-knit village became an international tale of deceit, abuse, and violence.”

They added: “Thanks to the bravery of our contributors, some of whom are talking for the first time, we can tell the tragic story of how one murder can spin us back in time for generations.”

The Body Next Door will air on Sky Documentaries and NOW from Sunday, 11th August.