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Seven's true crime drama follows the 25 year chase to catch a killer and a journalist who followed the case from day one.

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True crime drama The Claremont Murders premieres on Seven on Monday night.

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.

The series by Screentime Production in association with See Pictures 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 a Seven journalist (Alison Fan) who followed the case from the day the first woman went missing, all the way through to the end of the trial.

The two-part drama 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).

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).

Part I airs 8.30pm Monday on Seven (Part II is expected a week later).

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  1. I love these telemovies, especially when crime-drama based (Seven’s last around 2015 I enjoyed was that Ivan Milat one lead by Blue Heelers’ Geoff Morrell). Remember when Seven, Nine and Ten would all do one up until about 8 or 9 years ago, especially the latter: Falconio, Killing of Caroline Byrne, Hawke, Julian Assange. More please, support FTA and Aussie actors!

  3. So good to see Kate Ritchie back on screens in an acting role. Looking very different from Sally – can’t wait to watch.

    Hopefully, it’s tastefully done.

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