Cowell’s involvement in The Investigator is reportedly a result of his interest in the genre, sparked by watching HBO series The Jinx last year.
The series will see Williams-Thomas re-examine the “closed” case of Carol Packman, who vanished from her Bournemouth home in 1985 never to be seen again.
The Investigator: A British Crime Story is a result of the music mogul teaming up with Mark Williams-Thomas, the former detective who exposed Jimmy Savile as a sex abuser, to produce a gripping four-part show combining” stylised drama with compelling documentary”.
Something has to fill the Game of Thrones void at the water cooler, and The Investigator sounds like a definite, albeit harrowing, contender to us.