Sheridan Smith and Joanne Froggatt star in new crime drama podcast
Sheridan Smith and Joanne Froggatt star in a brand-new fictional true crime podcast, The Margate Murders.
From Audible, the podcast features former police detective, Sarah (Smith) and Editor-in-Chief of the local newspaper, Annabel (Froggatt), who both bore witness to a series of crimes across decades in the seaside town.
The drama also features the voices of a range of others involved, including a survivor, a suspect, a detective and forensic psychologist as they all recount, from their perspective, what happened.
Listening to the series, it would be easy to mistake it for a true-crime podcast, but it’s all fiction. Sheridan, Joanne and the full cast were provided with scenarios and scene setting, from there the rest was up to them to improvise in the mind of their characters.
The Margate Murders turns the podcast format on its head, with these improvised performances from its stars, delivering the compelling and tense atmosphere synonymous with true crime to a fictional tale.
As the story unfolds into a hunt for an elusive serial killer, The Margate Murders calls into question whether it’s possible to ever really trust what anyone says in a true crime podcast.
The series marks both Audible’s first UK improvised production and Sheridan Smith’s first role in an audio drama.
The Margate Murders is available on Audible now.