A pity there will be no re-enactment.
Not difficult to do, based on the available evidence. CAL created a scenario.
The makers were being lazy. They have a 6 part series & will be using artisic licence some of the time. So I would not complain if the massacre was not exactly how I envisaged it.
It would not have been too gruesome for TV after 9pm. People are killed all the time in films & dramas. A good reconstruction would have been a first & unforgettable drama gold.
Seems like it's going to be a 'Mid Summer Murders' type drama. Padded out over 6 hours . Using a famous crime as publicity. But I will be watching the first episode.
I totally agree, there is sufficient tangible evidence in the form of spent cartridges and blood spatter to re-enact at least some of what occurred in the farmhouse. Only JB knew how to get into the locked farmhouse, he also knew the layout as to who slept where and who would be his greatest threat. We know Nevill Bamber was his first target and was shot as he backed off after opening the bedroom door to a gun wielding madman. We know Nevill staggered downstairs in an attempt to get help, we know June Bamber was shot as she lay in bed. We know that JB followed Nevill downstairs after emptying the rifle into June and that there was a fight for the rifle over the kitchen table in which Nevill was struck with the rifle and slumped into an armchair. We know that JB reloaded the rifle and shot Nevill again in the head. We can only theorise what occurred next with the twins and Sheila Caffell.
IMO the only uncertainty even now is whether Bamber had help and whether he used a bicycle or a car to get to the farmhouse. To be fair to the production team, the sequence of events is also open to some debate so they probably didn't want to theorise too much.
