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White House Farm episode five airs Wednesday, February 5 on ITV at 9pm. The series dramatises the true story of the White House Farm murders. In August 1985, Sheila Caffell (played by Cressida Bonas), her twin six-year-old sons, Daniel and Nicholas, and his parents, Nevill (Nicholas Farrell) and June Bamber (Amanda Burton) were killed at the Bamber family home. In October 1986, their son Jeremy Bamber was found guilty of murdering his family and was sentenced to life in prison. He has always maintained his innocence.
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Who is actor Sean Gilder?
Sean Gilder is a British actor from Brampton, Cumberland, England.
He is best known for playing Paddy Maguire in Channel 4’s Shameless from 2005 two 2010.
Viewers may also recognise him as Styles in the British war series, Hornblower.
Gilder then went on to star in Doctor Who as Sycorax leader in 2006.
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Sean Gilder plays George Harris in White House Farm (Image: GETTY)
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Viewers will also recognise Gilder as the dog fight referee in the Martin Scorcese film Gangs of New York, starring alongside Leonardo Dicaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis and Cameron Diaz.
In 2004, Gilder portrayed Jols in King Arthur and he most recently starred in Poldark as Tholly Tregirls.
His other acting credits include The Last Kingdom and Midsomer Murders.
Before pursuing a career in acting, he studied Modern History and Third World Studies at Queen Mary, University of London.
Gilder then went on to train at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.
He is married to actress Robin Weaver and they have two children together.
In White House Farm, Gilder portrays the real Chief Superindent George Harris.
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Who is Chief Superintendent George Harris?
Chief Superintendent George Harris was is the level above DCI Taff Jones (Stephen Graham).
At the time of the White House Murders, he had been a detective superintendent for 15 years.
To tell the story of The White House Farm Murders, show writer Kris Mrksa relied on extensive research, interviews and published accounts including, ‘The Murders at White House Farm’ by Carol Ann Lee with material from ‘In Search of The Rainbow’s End’ by Colin Caffell, husband of victim Sheila and the father to Daniel and Nicholas Caffell.
He was the man who confirmed to Bamber his parents were dead, as Carol Ann Lee detailed in her book The Murders at White House Farm.
In episode three of White House Farm when Harris and Jones were playing golf, Harris’s position on the case at that time was that it was a murder-suicide.
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Carol Ann Lee in her book, The Murders at White House Farm wrote: “DI Miller’s meeting with Chief Superintendent George Harris had left him ‘in the doghouse’ due to his refusal to conform with the accepted theory that Shiela was the killer.
“He was glad to be going on annual leave t the end of the week but spoke to DCI Jones in Chelmsford that afternoon, reiterating his reasons for suspecting Jeremy.
Jones remained firm in his belief that Sheila was the killer and Miller had to concede that he relatives clearly had no love for Jeremy, knew very little about Sheila’s life and “very much interested parties in relation to the estate”.
However, between August 1985 and September 1985, Harris’s position had changed.
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Lee wrote in her books: “In Chelmsford at 8:30am, Assistant Chief Constable Peter Simpson chaired a conference attended by Chief Superintendent George Harris, DCI Charles Wright, Acting Chief Superintendent Mike Ainsley, DCI Taff Jones and DS Stan Jones.
“Simpson asked each man in turn to give him the name of the killer. All answered ‘Jeremy’ apart from Taff, who maintained that he had seen nothing to dissuade him from his original theory.”
In October 1987, Jeremy Bamber was found guilty of murdering his family at his adoptive parents home on August 7, 1985, in the village of Tolleshunt D’Arcy, Essex.
Bamber has always maintained his innocence.
White House Farm airs Wednesdays on ITV
