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Viewers have been stunned by David Tennant’s Dennis Nilsen calmly admitting to murdering men from ’15 or 16, I think ‘in ITV’s chilling new three-part drama Des.
The show, which aired tonight, follows the real-life story of one of the country’s most notorious killers, Nilsen, also known as the Muswell Hill Killer.
Nilsen, who died at the age of 74 in 2018 at HMP Full Sutton, 34 years into his life sentence, is believed to have killed up to 15 gay men, most of them homeless, in their homes in Cricklewood and Muswell Hill, in the north. London in the late seventies and early eighties.
On tonight’s episode, the mild-mannered Job Center worker, played by Broadchurch and Doctor Who star David Tennant, was charged with murder after his drains were found to be blocked with human remains.
To the spectators’ surprise, Scottish-born Nilsen immediately confessed to 15 murders, he couldn’t be very sure, while sitting in the back of the police car, and one onlooker commented: #Des 15 or 16, I believe! !! Raising your jaw off the ground! I’m already on the edge of my seat!
Viewers were stunned by David Tennant’s portrait of serial killer Dennis Nilsen as he calmly admitted to murdering ’15 or 16, I think ‘men in ITV’s chilling new three-part drama Des
The show, which aired tonight, follows the real-life story of one of the country’s most notorious killers, Nilsen, also known as the Muswell Hill Killer.
Another surprised spectator said: “A body or two?”, “Fifteen or sixteen”. He responded as if asked how many sugars he wanted in his tea.
A third added: ‘How is he casually admitting? the man said “a relief” #Des.
At the beginning of the episode, Nilsen was cornered by police, including Detective Inspector Peter Jay (played by Line of Duty star Daniel Mays), after human bones were discovered in the drain outside his home.
Despite being initially asked why the officers were questioning him, Nilsen, who was a former police officer and trade unionist, soon confessed and even pointed the police in the direction of more bodies.
Viewers took to Twitter to share their surprise to see Scottish-born Nilsen chillingly confess to killing ’15 or 16 ‘people in the first 15 minutes of the ITV series.
When an officer asked, “So we’re talking about one or two bodies?” Nilsen replied, “15 or 16, I think.”
The killer was taken to the nearby police station and quickly spoke up about his crimes, saying: ‘Have you searched the rest of the flat yet?
“You’ll find more in my bedroom dresser and in my bathroom drawer, of all the remains of three people.”
He then gave Detective Inspector Jay the address of his old home, adding: ‘There you will find the remains of 12 or 13 people dating from 1978.
In a chilling performance, Tennant explains to police officers investigating where the bodies of various men he murdered from 1978 to the early 1980s can be found, explaining that it was “ a relief to get this off my chest. ”
“It’s a relief to get this off of me,” Nilsen admitted, before explaining that he does not remember the names of his victims and would strangle them to death in his bed.
Nilsen’s lawyer soon interrupted him to ask, “I have to ask, why did you do this?”
But to the incredulity of the officers in the room, Nilsen replied, “I really don’t know, rather I was hoping you could tell me that.”
The mild-mannered Job Center worker, played by Broadchurch and Doctor Who star David Tennant, is charged with murder after his drains were found to be blocked with human remains.
During his slaughter, Nilsen befriended his subjects in London pubs and bars before luring them to his apartment, where he murdered them and sat with their corpses before dismembering them.
His crimes were discovered when a drain outside his home in Cranley Gardens, Muswell Hill, became blocked by human remains that he had tried to dump.
Nilsen was jailed for life on a recommendation that he serve a minimum of 25 years in 1983, on six counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder.
The sentence was later raised to a lifetime fee.
From Monday to Wednesday, 9pm, ITV.
