Patricia and William Wycherley were shot dead at their home in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, on the May Day bank holiday weekend in 1998. But the fact that there’s historical abuse, that she was abused by her father: that does something to a person.” What is the true story behind Landscapers? “You don’t know what happened that night.
So you automatically go, ‘Bad! Oh, awful people!’ But then you look into it more and you see that they are two gentle people who are very devoted to each other, and in love. Speaking about the plot of Landscapers, Colman said: “It’s about a couple, the Edwards, who we know from the very beginning have committed a crime – they’ve committed a murder. The show asks us how they came to kill Susan’s parents, and bury them in the back garden of their Mansfield home, in a crime that remained undiscovered for over a decade. Inspired by real events, Landscapers brings us the story of mild-mannered Susan and her husband, in what Sky describes as “a unique love story involving a seemingly ordinary couple”. Here’s what we know about the show, which is being directed by Will Sharpe (whose credits include The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, Flowers and The Darkest Universe), so far.