SeriesPsychological

In Plain Sight2016

Name: In Plain Sight
Genre: Psychological
Released: 2016-12-07
Rating: 7.3

Created by John Strickland

7.3

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IMDb 7.4TMDB 6.9

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Year

2016

Seasons

Network

ITV1

Status

Ended

Box Office

🏆 1 win & 5 nominations

The premise

Based on the true story of Lanarkshire detective William Muncie’s quest to bring to justice notorious Scottish killer Peter Manuel.

Horror Vault's take

Set against the grey austerity of 1950s Scotland, this gripping miniseries follows a dogged detective consumed by his pursuit of one of the country's most notorious killers. The show draws its dread not from the supernatural but from the chilling ordinariness of real evil — a predator embedded within the very communities he terrorises. As the investigation deepens, the toll on those hunting him becomes just as compelling as the case itself. Rooted in documented history, it's a portrait of institutional persistence against a calculating, dangerous mind.

Content: Depictions Of Murder, References To Sexual Violence, Disturbing Subject Matter

Episode Guide

· 3h 0m total· Dec 2016 → Dec 2016

S1.E1 · Episode 1Premiere
Dec 7, 2016 · 60 min
Peter Manuel, recently released from a nine-year prison term for a series of sexual assaults, is determined to make Detective William Muncie - the man responsible for his incarceration - pay the price. After a further sexual attack on a you
S1.E2 · Episode 2
Dec 14, 2016 · 60 min
Nine months after the death of Anne Kneilands, the police are no further forward in finding her killer, although Detective William Muncie is sure he knows the culprit. Even though not part of the investigation, he goes to Peter Manuel's hom
S1.E3 · Episode 3
Dec 21, 2016 · 60 min
In the final episode, a search operation is organised with local volunteers scouring the countryside in search of missing girl Isabelle. Eventually her coat is discovered and identified by her distraught mother. In the early hours of New Ye