By Flora Carr

Published: Wednesday, 30 March 2022 at 12:00 am


Sky has released the first look trailer for The Staircase, the true crime drama series starring Colin Firth and Toni Collette and inspired by the story of Michael Peterson.

Based on a real-life case, the eight-part series will focus on Michael Peterson (Firth) and the death of his second wife, Kathleen Peterson (Collette), who he claimed to have found lying at the bottom of a staircase in their North Carolina home.

The series will arrive sometime this spring and charts how a now-famous documentary series (later titled The Staircase) on the Peterson family and case began filming shortly after Michael’s arrest.

Co-produced by Annapurna Television, the limited series – airing on HBO Max in the US – is written and executive produced by showrunners Antonio Campos (The Devil All The Time, Christine) and Maggie Cohn (Versace). Campos also directs six episodes, with Leigh Janiak directing two episodes.