Telling The Truth?

Aaron Paul plays a convicted killer whose case is reopened by a true-crime podcaster

Truth Be Told

NEW Genre: Drama Available: Friday 6 December (first three episodes, then weekly) Season: 1 Episodes: 10 Runs: 60min approx TVSW says: A timely look at our obsession with true crime

Recently seen reprising his role of former drug dealer Jesse Pinkman in El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie, Aaron Paul makes a swift return to our screens this week as a convicted murderer in compelling Apple TV+ drama Truth Be Told.

The 10-part series follows podcast journalist Poppy Parnell, played by Oscar-winner Octavia Spencer, who reopens the case of killer Warren Cave (Paul) – the man she may have mistakenly helped to put behind bars almost 20 years earlier.

But was Cave guilty of murder, or was he framed for the crime? We quizzed Paul, 40, about his new role…