ITV’s Dennis Nilsen drama Des hit by Ofcom complaints from horrified viewers shocked by killer’s gory murders

murder young men and get away with it, his former boss has revealed. Iain Mackinnon, who was Nilsen's manager at a London job centre in 1980, said the Scot had spoken in the office about how nobody would notice if a "rootless young man" was picked up in a bar and killed.

David Tennant has made over a million pounds last year, according to reports. The Doctor Who star is said to have earned the staggering total through acting jobs and his property empire.According to his latest accounts, filed with Companies House last month, he is one of Britain's best paid actors.

DES ACTOR David Tennant has made over a million pounds last year through acting jobs and his property empire.  The Doctor Who star is one of Britain’s top tv actors according to his latest accounts filed with Companies House last month.  David, who is currently starring in the three-part ITV drama Des about serial killer Dennis Nilsen, now has net assets listed for his company No Mystery Ltd of £1.7 million for the year ending November 2019.

Des star David Tenant isolated himself from his co stars in the ITV drama in a method acting move to ensure their icy distance felt real.

Dennis Nilsen.

Viewers were stunned by ITV’s drama about Dennis Nilsen because of the amount of smoking.David Tennant, who played the serial killer, and Daniel Mays as Det Chief Insp Peter Jay were rarely without a cigarette.Most were appalled to see almost every character puffing on a fag.Both David Tennant, who played Nilsen, and Daniel Mays as the detective who snared him were rarely seen without a lit cigarette in their hands.Fags featured in 46 scenes and took up 13 minutes 47 seconds of screen time during the three-part series.Set in 1983 - before smoking was banned in UK workplaces - the drama showed Tennant smoking 14 cigarettes.Line Of Duty star Mays, who played Det Chief Insp Peter Jay, lit up 23.Mays said it had been important for him to

The Daily Star's FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxA man has told how he escaped the clutches of Dennis Nilsen after the serial killer invited him to the home where he murdered and butchered men.Nick Barrit was 24 when the monster treated him to a late-night meal after he missed his last train home.He claims Nilsen invited him back to spend the night on his sofa – and ­became “aggressive” when he rejected the offer.Nick said: “Now I dread to think what would have ­happened if I had gone back.”The football fan, now 66, says he met Nilsen on the platform at London’s Waterloo station in March 1979.He had been to watch his team Everton play at Derby.But when he changed trains in London he

ITV has been slapped with Ofcom complaints after viewers were horrified by the gory content in serial killer drama Des.

Dennis Nilsen, who brutally murdered at least 12 young men and boys. During the three episodes, there were open discussions about boiled heads, dismembered bodies and Dennis' engagement in sexual activity with dead bodies.It's reported that the frequent chain-smoking that was aired also prompted seven viewers to complain to the broadcasting watchdog Ofcom.A spokesperson for Ofcom told Daily Star Online: "We have seven complaints against Des."Viewers complained that they left unable to sleep after watching the harrowing scenes.Taking to Twitter, one penned: "What an amazingly, chillingly disturbing series.

THIS Morning's Eamonn Holmes was left disgusted after the cop who arrested Dennis Nilsen described finding a cupboard full of body parts. Eamonn was horrified after a clip from a documentary about Nilsen's murders showed bin liners in a wardrobe filled with body parts.

DAVID Tennant today looked a world away from serial killer Dennis Nilsen as he popped to the shops with his baby daughter. Viewers have been left terrified this week with the actor's chilling portrayal of the Muswell Hill murderer.

ITV viewers have been left horrified by The Real Des: The Dennis Nilsen story, after it showed chilling real-life footage of the killer from a past interview and before he was arrested. In the clips, Nilsen spoke candidly and openly about the killings, going into detail about what he did to the poor men and why.In other footage from before his killing sprees, the murderer could be seen reclining on a bed as he relaxed at home, which would later become the last places some of his victims ever saw.Viewers were left disgusted, with some even complaining of feeling sick or that they were scared to sleep afterwards.One said: "Gonna have to watch some comedy stuff after this...

Dennis Nilsen enjoyed a secret relationship with a fellow lag, it has been revealed.The notorious serial killer, who was the centre of ITV's Des drama this week, with David Tennant playing the lead role, was jailed after going on a murderous rampage between the 1970s and 1980s, killing up to 15 men in London.Dennis, who died in 2018 aged 72, detailed his relationship with "Jimmy" in a series of letters while behind bars at maximum-security prison, HMP Whitmoor, Cambs.In the letters, he complained that Home Office officials presented Jimmy from visiting his lover after being released from the jail.Nilsen famously performed vile sex acts on his victims before chopping them up, burning them and hiding them at his home.His despicable crimes

For five years Dennis Nilsen seduced and murdered young boys in his home before disposing of their body parts in the most gruesome ways.

NME : “When you’re preparing for a role like this, you have to delve into what happened and it was really, really tough.

Dennis Nilsen before he died in prison has been put on display at a crime museum. Nilsen, who died in May 2018, murdered at least 15 young men and boys in London during the 70s and 80s.

© @Copyright HELLO! Hello! Magazine Viewers took to Twitter to discuss the finale of , which looks at the trial of the notorious serial killer, Dennis Nilsen. Fans were full of praise for the show, and many admitted heartbreak at watching the way Carl, a victim of the serial killer who managed to survive his attack, was treated. One person wrote: "Carl’s story is absolutely heartbreaking and has been the most emotional part working on #Des. The lack of support, the abuse, the homophobia, he never recovered from the attack.

Serial killer Dennis Nilsen believed his pet dog was the only creature that ­really understood him.The animal, named Bleep, witnessed many of Nilsen’s gruesome murders before he was caught and given a life sentence in 1983.She saw him strangle victims and bury their body parts at his North London home.In a letter sent to author Brian Masters, whose book new ITV series Des is based on, Nilsen wrote: “When I was on my high, Bleep would become sometimes frightened.“She was only a simple dog but even she could see that it was not the real Des Nilsen."She would go off to a quiet corner and hide.“She would greet me the next morning as though I had been away.

Viewers of ITV's Des have called for the drama to "win all the awards" over its spine-tingling acting and incredibly dark scenes.

Dennis Nilsen 's escaped victim Carl Stottor during questioning in Wednesday's final episode on ITV.

Dennis Nilsen, the subject of new ITV drama series Des, starring David Tennant.Nilsen was sentenced to life in prison after confessing to killing 15 men in London during the 1970s and 80s.Here we take a look at some of the most notorious criminals who have been sentenced at the Old Bailey.The Kray TwinsBrothers Ronnie and Reggie Kray were found guilty of the murders of Jack ‘The Hat’ McVitie and George Cornell at the Old Bailey in 1969.Ronnie said to the judge at the time: “If I wasn’t here, I could be having tea with Judy Garland.”The Yorkshire RipperPeter Sutcliffe, also known as the Yorkshire ripper, as convicted of murdering 13 women, and attempting to murder seven others.Doctor CrippenDr Hawley Harvey Crippen was found guilty of murder