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Who the Hell Is Hamish?

2026 · 1 season

A slow-burning, tense true-crime drama that keeps you uneasy as charm slowly gives way to suspicion and betrayal.

Created by
Adam Zwar
Genres
Drama
Starring
Dominic Cooper, Claire van der Boom
Overview
Inspired by an industrious fraudster, and the group of victims who eventually decided they had had enough of him, the charming and cultured Hamish sets his sights on Bec, a recently divorced single mother with three sons and access to a significant family trust. When Bec notices gaps in his story and some odd behaviour, what starts as private unease widens into something far larger: a pattern of deception spanning continents and suspected of leaving more than $70 million in its wake.

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Created by
Adam Zwar
Genres
Drama
Starring
Dominic Cooper, Claire van der Boom
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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • deception
  • betrayal
  • crime
  • greed
  • justice
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour3
Realism8
Romance4
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Adam Zwar
Written by
Adam Zwar
Starring
Dominic Cooper, Claire van der Boom
Length
1 seasons, 6 episodes
Network
Paramount+, Paramount+
Country
United States of America, Australia
Languages
English

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