Chilling true crime drama leaves Netflix fans losing sleep and is most watched in UK

A series about the haunting crimes of two of the worst serial killers the country has ever seen is now available to stream on . The two-part true crime thriller first aired on in 2006, See No Evil: The Moors Murders, which were committed between July 1963 and October 1965 by Myra Hindley (played by Maxine Peake) and Ian Brady (played by Sean Harris).

The ITV drama first aired almost 20 years ago, and is a dramatisation of the Moors Murders, originally released to coincide with the 40th anniversary of Myra Hindley and Ian Brady's trials. At the time of writing, the 2006 miniseries is currently number three on Netflix's most-watched shows in the UK.

The series is told by the persepctive of Hindley's sister Maureen Smith (played by Joanne Froggart) and husband David (played by Matthew McNulty).

The two-parter was added to Netflix on March 27, and quickly pulled in enough viewers to pull ahead of more recent offerings like the murder mystery The Residence, the reality show Million Dollar Secret and the Argentinian Harlan Coben series Caught on the platform's most-watched list in the UK.

See No Evil was made with the support of the victims' families and when it first aired almost two decades ago drew in an audience of six million viewers.

In the years since, viewers have prasied the Bafta award-winning series as one wrote on IMDB: "This was a superb, well written very emotive drama. It handled a very difficult subject with sensitivity and respect. An excellent piece of factual drama, well worth a viewing."

A second agreed: "The storyline and characters are so well done. It's frightening to think what these monsters had done. Gripped from start to finish. One of the best real-life series."

The victims of the Moors murders were five children - Pauline Reade, John Kilbride, Keith Bennett, Lesley Ann Downey and Edward Evans-aged between 10 and 17, at least four of whom were sexually assaulted.

During their trial, Hindley was labelled the "most evil woman in Britain", by the press and the pair received life sentences.

She died aged 60 in 2002 after serving 36 years in prison. Meanwhile Brady, a diagnosed psychopath, died aged 79 in 2017.