Viewers were stunned by David Tennant’s chilling portrayal of Dennis Nilsen in the first episode of the sinister thriller Des.
The ITV miniseries landed this evening and tells the true story of one of Britain’s most infamous murderers.
A far cry from his days as The Doctor, those who tuned in were gripped by his performance.
Wow! Tennant makes a fantastic Nilsen! The likeness is scarily uncanny! #Des #itv #DennisNilsen
– imperfect77 (@Imperfect77) September 14, 2020Advert
Just shows what an incredible actor #DavidTennant is.. not one ounce of graphic scenes but his words and acting just made me shiver and feel sick. #Des #itv
– Amelia hamilton (@Ameliablinder92) September 14, 2020
Watching Des on ITV. David Tennant is such an incredible actor..
– Mary Pearson (@MaryPearson03) September 14, 2020Advert
David Tennant is superb as Dennis Nilson – calm ,cold , controlled – and quite simply terrifying. Superb acting – bring on the BAFTA #Des #ITV
– :two_hearts::two_hearts: Moira :two_hearts::two_hearts: (@dancingmoira) September 14, 2020
Great first twenty minutes of #Des powerful acting. @DanielMays9 and David Tennant really going for it. @ITV
– Rob Lench (@roblench) September 14, 2020Advert
The series also sees Line of Duty’s Daniel Mays play Detective Chief Inspector Peter Jay and The Crown’s Jason Watkins as Nilsen’s biographer Brian Masters.
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Nilsen died on 12 May 2018 aged 72 and was a serial killer and necrophile who is believed to have brutally murdered at least 12 young men and boys between 1978 and 1983 – though he had originally claimed to have butchered as many as 16.
Speaking about the killer, Tennant recently told LADbible he felt it was ‘right and proper’ that Nilsen didn’t live long enough to see the series.
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He said: “After he was arrested, Dennis Nilsen became obsessed with was the legend of ‘Des’ – the reputation that he left behind. Whenever he slipped out of public consciousness, there was almost a sense that he wanted to get back into it. That’s why I’m relieved he’s not alive.
“I would hate for this to go out and for him to be sitting in some cell somewhere imaging we were in any way glorifying him. I’m sure he would have complained about what we said and everything we did. At the same time, he would have been rather smugly pleased he was on television.
“I think it’s right and proper it’s transmitting after he’s gone.”
Viewer have praised Tennant's chilling performance as the infamous killer Dennis Nilsen. Credit: ITV/IJPRAdvert
The Scottish killer was arrested by police after a plumber responded to the complaints made by Nilsen and other tenants about the drains at 23 Cranley Gardens on 9 February 1983.
After opening the drain cover, the plumber, Michael Cattran, discovered a flesh-like substance and a number of bones.
Suspicions were raised that they may, in fact, be human remains.
When confronted with the discovery, Nilsen is said to have told Cattran: “It looks to me like someone has been flushing down their Kentucky Fried Chicken.”
In 1983, he was convicted on six counts of murder and two of attempted murder, with a recommendation he serve at least 25 years behind bars.
His sentence was later upgraded to a whole-life tariff.
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