ITV’ssixpartfactualdrama,WhiteHouseFarm,producedbyNewPicturesrevolvesaroundonefatefulnightinAugust1985whenfivemembersofthesamefamilyweremurderedatanEssexfarmhouse;SheilaCaffell,hertwinsix-year-oldsons,DanielandNicholas,andherparents,NevillandJuneBamber.TheserieswillseektoprovidefreshinsightintothisfamilytragedyandthecontestedaccountsoftheeventsthattookplaceatWhiteHouseFarm.Basedonextensiveresearch,interviewsandpublishedaccountsincluding,‘TheMurdersatWhiteHouseFarm’byCarolAnnLeewithadditionalmaterialfrom‘InSearchofTheRainbow’sEnd’byColinCaffell,husbandofSheilaandfathertoDanielandNicholasCaffell.EssexPoliceinitiallybelievedthatSheila,whohadmentalhealthproblems,hadmurderedherownfamilybeforeturningthegunonherself.ButDetectiveSergeantStanJoneshaddoubtsaboutthemurder-suicidetheory,andaboutSheila’sbrotherJeremyBamber,whofirstcalledthepolicetothefarm.EventuallyitwasJeremyBamberwhowaschargedandconvictedofthemurdersofhisownparents,sisterandnephews.Bamberiscurrentlyservinglifeimprisonmentwithoutthepossibilityofparole.HeisoneofthefewprisonersintheUKsubjecttoawhole-lifeorder.Bamberstillmaintainshisinnocence.
