Rillington Place

This had the opportunity to become the definitive telling of the story of the Christie murders an opportunity that was squandered by historical errors, ("So help me god" was included in the oath at two British murder trials - even Coronation Street manages to get this right), and a predictable insistence on heading into 'Guardian cliche' territory: the story frequently draws attention to Christie and his wife making xenophobic comments about their Afro Caribbean neighbours but only hints at the fact that Christie strangled a baby and had sex with the bodies of most of his victims. My advice to anyone who wants to know more about the Christie murders is to either read Ludovic Kennedy's novel 10 Rillington Place, watch it's film adaptation starring Richard Attenborough or research online.

Seemingly a Tim Roth vehicle to showcase just how great he isn't. Tired, clichéd, done a million times before.

I think this could have been done over 2 episodes - I found the first 2 hours too slow and my attention wavering, I almost didn't bother with the final episode but I'm pleased I did as that was excellent. Tim Roth is brilliant and the last episode is much more gripping as you start to get into the mind of Christie.

Despite the reality based subject matter, this is not an exploitational movie. Viewers seeking violence and gore will be disappointed.

Before starting to watch this movie, be sure you are wide awake. For as much of a build up the synopsis Is, the first few minutes of the the series, not to mention the very impressive cast........

Being a TV series Rillington Place can (and does) go into so much more detail. Unlike the film, this is also about the life of his poor wife Ethel and the ill-fated Timothy Evans.

Could have been a better, but the problem here is one can't help comparing it to the Film version made in 1971 starring the genius of Richard Attenborough.

Our serial killers IF you can call them that are so pathetic compared to the US ones. I suppose that's like everything in life, the UK is just poor in comparison!

I would have given this a 7 if I had not seen the amazing 10 Rillington Place several times first.Tim Roth gave a creditable performance as Christie, though not on a par with Attenborough.