The Widower is a British television drama originally broadcast in three one-hour instalments on ITV in 2014.
[1] ITV described the show as: "The Widower tells how, over a 13-year period, a seemingly mild-mannered nurse, Malcolm Webster, set about poisoning and murdering his first wife, attempting to do the same to his second wife and moving on to a further scheme to deceive his third fiancée.
[6] Webster's first wedding was reconstructed, based on a VHS recording provided by his first wife's family.
[7] Reece Shearsmith, who portrayed Webster, described him as a "horrible, petulant little boy ... who even now believes he has been wronged, his entire life has always been poor Malcolm, poor Malcolm, with no thought for the terrible crimes and the victims that he has left in his wake.
[11] She is said to have been reluctant to take part in the project, but felt obligated due to being financially destitute.