Itv's acclaimed true crime drama revolves around one fateful night in august 1985, when five members of the same household were murdered at an essex farmhouse.   the murders made headline news. Sheila caffell, her twin six year old sons, daniel and nicholas, and her parents, nevill and june bamber, were brutally gunned down. The drama provides fresh insight into this family tragedy and the contested accounts of the events that took place at white house farm. Essex police initially believed that sheila, who had mental health problems, had murdered her own family before turning the gun on herself. But detective sergeant stan jones had doubts about the murder suicide theory, and about sheila's brother jeremy bamber, who first called the police to the farm.  eventually it was jeremy bamber who was charged and convicted of the murders of his own parents, sister and nephews. Bamber is currently serving life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. He is one of the few prisoners in the uk subject to a whole life order. He still maintains his innocence. Read more about the production in our blog feature