Sundance Channel will be showing a compelling documentary starting April 4

[Lex]

A review of "The Staircase" --

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NEW YORK Mar 29, 2005 — My verdict: "The Staircase" is one of the best TV programs I have ever seen. Billed as a true-crime miniseries, it's a cinematic fusion of reality show, legal drama and portrait of a man whose life is on the line. Along the way, it offers plenty of tabloid-worthy twists. But in the hands of Oscar-winning filmmaker Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, "The Staircase" indulges the titillation value while rising to the level of art.

Let me be clear. I didn't watch these eight episodes. I binged on them then couldn't get the series off my mind. Premiering on the Sundance Channel 9 p.m. EDT Monday (with additional airings throughout the week), "The Staircase" will be rationed in two hourlong episodes for four weeks. Caution: You may find a week's wait between each fix much too long.

The series mines the aftermath of the death of Kathleen Peterson, a 48-year-old corporate executive and leading citizen of Durham, N.C.

The rest of the review:

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=623505&page=1