5 has announced the commission of a brand-new factual drama, looking at the story surrounding Peter Murrell, the husband of former First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, from whom she is now separated.
The drama, currently developed under the working title To Nicola, Love Peter, will be a one-off, 90-minute programme, and is being produced by Wonderhood Studios and 5's factual and scripted commissioning teams, following the success of Power: The Downfall of Huw Edwards.
The drama is said to lift the lid on the "extraordinary story", and will draw on "an extensive range of factual sources including evidence gathered by Police Scotland, The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service; extensive TV and newspaper interviews with Nicola Sturgeon; and interviews with other key protagonists."
It will be directed by Misha Manson-Smith (No Offence), and written by Lucy Brydon (Body of Water), with the cast to be announced in the coming weeks.
Ben Frow, chief content officer for 5, said in a statement: "This is an epic tale of Shakespearean proportions. An extraordinary tale of power, envy, deception and greed. It's both a high-stakes political melodrama and bizarre domestic drama that has dominated headlines and gossip columns.
"We will be pulling together the events and characters involved to create a compelling revealing drama, as well as answering that very important question - why would anyone pay £2,600 for a pair of salt & pepper grinders...?!"
The synopsis for the drama says: "By the end of 2022, Nicola Sturgeon was Scotland’s most popular and longest serving political leader. But little did she know that within months, her hard-earned political reputation would be left in tatters when police officers knocked on the door of her family home and arrested her husband in April 2023.
"Nicola came to discover that the man she thought she knew, shared a home with and who helped build her career, had deceived and betrayed her over the course of 12 years. Murrell falsified receipts, gaslit junior staff and used secret codes in order to embezzle £400,000 to bankroll his compulsive shopping habit.
"Using money that ordinary citizens and party supporters had donated to fund a historic second referendum on Scottish Independence, Murrell purchased a range of luxury household goods, including high-end coffee machines, luxury watches, a robotic lawnmower, a pressure washer and a £124,550 motorhome as well as spending £2,618.16 on two luxury salt and pepper grinders.
"In May this year, Peter Murrell pleaded guilty and was sent to prison for over 5 years. When he pleaded guilty, his crimes appeared to be purely financial.
"But he plunged a whole political movement into chaos, tarnished the legacy of Scotland’s most popular politician and shattered Sturgeon’s and Murrell’s shared ambition of achieving Scottish independence, along with the hopes and dreams of a nation.
"This drama lifts the lid on this extraordinary story and how it contributed to the downfall of one of the biggest political figures of a generation."
A release date or window for the drama has yet to be confirmed.
To Nicola, Love Peter (w/t) will air on 5.
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