David Tennant's record-breaking drama Des has landed a new streaming home in the UK. Telling the story of "one of the most infamous serial killers in UK history", the drama is now available to stream on Disney+.
Created by Lewis Arnold and Luke Neal, the series tells the real-life story of Scottish serial killer Dennis 'Des' Nilsen, who took the lives of at least 12 young men in a killing spree between 1978 and 1983.
In addition to Tennant, who garnered acclaim for his performance, the stacked supporting cast for the three-part series includes Daniel Mays, Jason Watkins, Barry Ward and Laurie Kynaston.
Originally released in 2020 on ITV, the drama has found a new streaming home in the UK after being added to Disney+, meaning true-crime fans can binge all three instalments now.
Based on Brian Masters's 1985 non-fiction book Killing for Company: The Case of Dennis Nilsen, the drama opted against depicting the murders on-screen, a creative decision that was widely lauded.
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In our review of Des, Digital Spy praised this move, writing: "Thankfully, the series has managed to avoid falling into the trap that true-crime sets for itself: how to handle the topic sensitively, without veering into the sensational."
Previously speaking about his decision to omit the murders, series writer Neal explained: "I think very early on we knew that we didn't want to show any of the crimes. We wanted to tell another story which is the human cost of Dennis Nilsen.
"What comes after? What comes after he's caught? And the people that have to investigate, in very individual ways, to get answers for what had happened for the five years and everything that surrounds that."
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Upon its release, the series broke records for ITV after a whopping 10.9 million people watched the first episode over the first week. The figure including those who watched it live, on repeat, and on catch-up via streaming service ITVX.
Speaking to Digital Spy and other press in 2020, Tennant opened up about the approach to its story, saying: "You want to tell it with appropriateness [and] sensitivity. You don't want to slip into sensationalism, which would be too easy to do and would not serve the victims of this."