{"id":508410,"date":"2026-06-19T19:27:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T19:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/508410\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T19:27:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T19:27:10","slug":"gripping-australian-courtroom-drama-jumps-into-uk-streamers-most-watched-chart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/508410\/","title":{"rendered":"Gripping Australian courtroom drama jumps into UK streamer’s most-watched chart"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australian courtroom series Cape Rock Killer has soared into ITVX’s most-watched chart after its debut on the platform<\/a>. The season forms the third part of The Twelve, itself adapted from Belgian show De twaalf.<\/p>\n

The premise follows various cases, with Sam Neill starring as defence barrister Brett Colby SC across all three seasons.<\/p>\n

“This season, the stakes are higher and more personal than ever as Colby is thrust into a sensational murder trial to defend the husband of a lifelong friend,” the synopsis for the third chapter reveals.<\/p>\n

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“As the trial unfolds, it reopens a chilling 1968 cold case involving two teenagers, forcing the twelve jurors to confront a mystery that threatens to unravel their own lives.”<\/p>\n

Cape Rock Killer was recently added to the streamer, and has quickly proved popular with viewers, sitting at the number nine spot in the Top 10 Most Watched list.<\/p>\n

Alongside Neill, season three stars Xena: Warrior Princess’ Danielle Cormack, Heavenly Creatures’ Sarah Peirse, Wentworth’s Bessie Holland, Bump’s Nathalie Morris and Love Me’s Eryn Jean Norvill.<\/p>\n

The first season of The Twelve received a mixed verdict from critics, with The Age<\/a> saying it “doesn\u2019t reinvent the courtroom drama, but the many detailed strands give it a bitter momentum”, and that “fans of the genre will quickly be drawn to it”.<\/p>\n

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However, The Guardian<\/a> added: “In the end, the show does not pull it together. Instead, there is a sense of several soapy subplots bumping against each other, but never really gelling.”<\/p>\n

Fans were also mixed, one on IMDb<\/a> saying they were “hooked” and “really enjoying” it, another<\/a> writing that they “highly recommend watching this if you enjoy well-told and interesting stories”. Yet a third<\/a> suggested it “has potential but missed the mark”.<\/p>\n

The Twelve is available on ITVX in the UK.<\/p>\n

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Sam is a freelance reporter and sub-editor who has a particular interest in movies<\/a>, TV<\/a> and music. After completing a journalism Masters at City University, London, Sam joined Digital Spy as a reporter, and has also freelanced for publications such as NME<\/a> and Screen International<\/a>. \u00a0Sam, who also has a degree in Film, can wax lyrical about everything from Lord of the Rings<\/a> to Love Is Blind<\/a>, and is equally in his element crossing every ‘t’ and dotting every ‘i’ as a sub-editor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australian courtroom series Cape Rock Killer has soared into ITVX’s most-watched chart after its debut on the platform.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":508411,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[131124,1105,217150,1107,93,61,60,184510,1135,217149,282],"class_list":["post-508410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-collection-latest-news","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-a94dbdb6-4b9d-4788-b4b8-e8cf2efbc152","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-issyndicated-false","tag-locale-gb","tag-shorttitle-gripping-courtroom-drama-jumps-in-uk-streamers-most-watched","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=508410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/508411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}