A DRAMA centred around the infamous White House Farm murders is to be screened on TV.

The six part drama White House Farm will be screened on ITV and is a dramatisation based on the murders of Sheila Caffell, her twin six-year-old sons, Daniel and Nicholas, and her parents, Nevill and June Bamber in 1985.

Jeremy Bamber was jailed for life for the murders but has consistently denied being responsible.

He claims Sheila, who had a history of mental health problems, killed the family at the farm in Tolleshunt D’Arcy before turning the gun on herself.

The series’ producers say the drama will seek to provide fresh insight into the tragedy and the contested accounts of the events.

It has been based on research, interviews and accounts including the Murders at White House Farm by Carol Ann Lee and In Search of The Rainbow’s End by Colin Caffell, who was Sheila’s ex-husband and Daniel and Nicholas’ father.

Willow Grylls, executive producer for New Pictures, said: “This notorious case has been the subject of much debate and our programme focuses on the impact of the human tragedy.

“I’d like to specially thank Colin Caffell as without his collaboration this would not have been possible.”

“We have also been blessed by the talent of our director Paul Whittington and an incredible cast.” Writer Kris Mrksa said: “This is an incredibly compelling true crime story but it’s the human dimension of these events that gripped my imagination, particularly after reading Colin Caffell’s book.

“So much discussion of the case has focussed on contested legal details but I wanted to tell this story in a way that did justice to the devastating emotional truth of what happened.”

The drama is produced by New Pictures who made Catherine the Great and the Missing.

Freddie Fox takes the role of Jeremy Bamber with Mark Addy as Det Sgt Stan Jones and Stephen Graham as Det Chief Insp Taff Jones.

Gemma Whelan, Mark Stanley, Alexa Davies, Cressida Bonas, Alfie Allen, Amanda Burton and Nicholas Farrell also take roles in the drama.

The series will air in the new year.