The Witness, a hard-hitting true crime drama, has finally landed on Netflix.
Netflix has released The Witness, a three-part true crime drama centring on the killing of Rachel Nickell.
Back in 1992, mother Rachel Nickell was stabbed to death on Wimbledon Common in front of her two-year-old son Alex.
The new Netflix series charts the aftermath of her killing, encompassing the decade-long investigation and the profound effect it had on her son and partner Andre.
Where was The Witness on Netflix filmed?
The Witness made its Netflix debut on Thursday, June 4, with all four episodes available to stream now.
Filming got underway in September 2024, with the production shooting across a number of locations in London, England and Spain, before completing in early 2025.
The production team captured scenes across south west London in order to recreate the harrowing events surrounding Rachel’s murder.
A number of scenes were also shot in Spain, though specific filming locations have not been disclosed.
As Netflix viewers discover through The Witness, father and son Andre and Alex Hanscombe relocated to France and subsequently Spain in a bid to escape the intense media attention they faced in the UK.
Despite spending years attempting to remain out of the public eye, both have lent their support to Netflix’s The Witness, as well as its accompanying documentary, The Murder of Rachel Nickell.
Andre and Alex have contributed to The Witness as behind-the-scenes consultants, with the drama drawing on the latter’s 2015 book Letting Go: A True Story of Murder, Loss and Survival.
Andre revealed to Netflix: “At first, we wanted to get as far away as possible, and live a life of solitude and anonymity abroad, but in many ways that became impossible.
“There was no escaping it. People suffer in different ways, and when this opportunity came up, we thought perhaps there’s a power for good in this somewhere.
“We’ve felt in the past that we’ve been forced into a box, but there’s more to our story than what’s been told before.”
The Witness is available to watch on Netflix.
