BBC Prime on DStv is to screen the gripping thriller The Ice House on August 25 at 21h00.

When a mutilated corpse is found in the disused ice house in the grounds of Streech Grange, a 10-year-old murder investigation is re-opened, headed by Chief Inspector George Walsh and his young sergeant, Andy McCloughlin. Is the mystery behind David Maybury’s disappearance finally about to be solved?

Since he disappeared a decade ago, his wife Phoebe has rebuilt her life with her two friends, Anne Cattrell and Diana Goode. The trio live an isolated life, shunned by villagers who are convinced the women are lesbians.

The discovery of a body re-awakens Walsh’s obsession with solving the mystery surrounding David Maybury’s disappearance. No trace of him was ever found, nor any arrests made. But as the questioning re-awakens memories of the nightmare she suffered 10 years ago, Phoebe Maybury’s calm is shaken…