Showbiz the real people being played by the all-star cast in hard-hitting true crime drama Theviraltime

FOUR Lives, the hard-hitting BBC drama, tells the shocking true story of the murders of four young men by killer Stephen Port.

An acclaimed cast have been assembled to tell the story of the deaths of Anthony Walgate, Gabriel Kovari, Daniel Whitworth, and Jack Taylor.

Stephen Port (Stephen Merchant)

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Office co-creator Stephen Merchant has proved a chilling presence on screen as killer Stephen Port.

One viewer tweeted, after seeing his debut performance last night: “Stephen is so creepy, I have to keep looking away.”

Port was jailed in November 2016 for drugging and murdering men he met on gay dating app Grindr before dumping their bodies in a graveyard.

Although his crimes are known as the Grindr Murders, they are also called the Barking Murders after the town where they occurred.

Sarah Sak (Sheridan Smith)

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Anthony Walgate (Tim Preston)

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Gabriel Kovari (Jakub Svec)

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Jack Taylor (Paddy Rowan)

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Donna Taylor (Jaime Winstone)

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Jaime Winstone met up with Donna Taylor before playing her in the drama and the pair formed a bond.

She told the Sunday People: “I met up with Jaime on a few ­occasions with my sister Jen and the actress Stephanie Hyam who plays her.

“That first meeting was quite emotional. Once we got to telling them about what we’d been Theviraltime all four of us were in tears. The only thing I told her I wanted was for it to be truthful.”

Daniel Whitworth (Leo Flanagan)

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