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The Claremont Murders: trailer

First look at Seven's upcoming true crime miniseries.

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Seven has released a first trailer for its upoming miniseries The Claremont Murders.

The two part drama on the WA true crime stars stars Ryan Johnson (How To Please A Woman, Doctor Doctor), Catherine Văn-Davies (The Twelve, Barons), Aaron Glenane (Shantaram, Snowpiercer), Laura Gordon (Undertow, Late Night With The Devil), Andrea Demetriades (Pulse, Janet King), Craig Hall (Boy, A Place to Call Home), Jeremy Lindsay Taylor (Underbelly Razor, Puberty Blues), Tasma Walton (Mystery Road, How To Please A Woman), Joel Jackson (Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door, Ms Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries), Tom O’Sullivan (Molly, Alien: Covenant), Erik Thomson (How To Please A Woman, Aftertaste), and Kate Ritchie (Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities, Home and Away).

A date is yet to be announced.

When three young women went missing in Claremont in the late nineties it set off the biggest unsolved murder case in West Australian history.

It took 25 years to solve the crime. This is the story of how the Claremont Killer was caught.

Coming soon to Channel 7 and 7plus, The Claremont Murders follows the police investigation and twists and turns that brought a serial killer to justice, focusing on the police who never let the case go and the journalist who followed the case from the day the first woman went missing, all the way through to the end of the trial.

From the creative team behind Catching Milat, The Claremont Murders was written by Justin Monjo (Bali 2002, Catching Milat) and Michaeley O’Brien (Mystery Road, Underbelly), directed by Peter Andrikidis (Bali 2002, Catching Milat), produced by Kerrie Mainwaring (Bali 2002, Catching Milat), Peter Andrikidis and Jamie Hilton (Breath, Swinging Safari).

The Claremont Murders is a Screentime Production in association with See Pictures for the Seven Network, with Banijay Rights handling international sales.

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  1. I’m looking forward to seeing Kate Ritchie back on tv. I actually think she’s quite a good actor. I’d love to see her back in a regular role. Shame she doesn’t live in Melbourne she’d be a great addition to Neighbours 3.0

  2. I’m not convinced this needed to be made into a series. It has been covered numerous times on TV channels from the ABC, Nine, 10 and CI since it happened, people have had to recount what has happened and that’s an horrendous thing to do, but the killer has become caught, justice has been served. My thoughts on these kinds of shows are always with the victims families and friends left to deal with the events for the rest of their lives and I personally do not think it is fare or considerate to be doing a dramatisation. Does it serve a purpose to rehash the events for entertainment purposes? I hope those affected by these events can get back some kind of normality in their lives and find some peace because they are there ones living this tragedy everyday.

    1. More books and newspaper stories have been written about it than this 4 hour miniseries. Have you objected to them rehashing this or does it only become an issue when it’s scripted and promoted heavily?

      1. As I clearly stated my issue is with the families and friends because I’ve been through a loved one murdered first hand of which the details I will not go into on this site. People just don’t realise the toll it takes on people left behind who have deal with it everyday rehashing the evens when they are trying to come to terms with such a loss and move forward with their lives. So regardless of book, newspapers etc., it is the reminder of such evens that is hard to deal with. Real crime scripted or not is exactly that ..real…but murder/mysteries are a different genre with some based on real life events, hence a disclaimer is often used.

  3. I know this sounds grouchy but I’m sick of Jeremy Lindsay Taylor being cast in anything related to cop dramas/underworld/crime shows.
    Give fresh talent a go.

  4. It looks good and generally has what looks like a great cast, and I hate being negative like so many are before actually seeing a show/series, but I am losing faith in commercial networks successfully producing good quality shows like this.

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