The SecretSeason 1 Episode 1

The chilling true crime series based on the disturbing real events of a Sunday school teacher and a respectable, religious dentist: pillars of the community who form a murderous partnership. In Northern Ireland in 1990, Colin Howell is a leading member of the Baptist community, and a loving husband and father. But when he meets fellow Baptist, Hazel Buchanan, they embark on an affair, which will have cataclysmic consequences for his wife Lesley and for Hazel’s husband, Trevor. Wanting to remain in the Baptist church Colin refuses to consider divorce, but he and Hazel are desperate to find some way to be together. When Lesley’s father dies, and she contemplates suicide, Colin believes that he has found the way.

The Secret was broadcast on SBS ONE at Tuesday 19 February 2019, 15:00. This episode was initially placed on Friday 16 March 2018.