But what is the documentary about and when is it on? Here’s everything you need to know…
When is The Case Against Adnan Syed on Sky Atlantic?
The Case Against Adnan Syed will air in the UK on Sky Atlantic and Now TV on April 1.
It has however been in production since 2015 and was announced in May 2018, so is expected to be on later this year.
It will be aired on Sky Atlantic in the UK and on HBO in the US.
What is The Case Against Adnan Syed about?
The series will explore the 1999 disappearance and murder of 18-year-old Baltimore County high school student Hae Min Lee and the subsequent conviction of her ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed.
It will closely re-examine the events leading up to Hae Min Lee’s disappearance, from high school romance to forbidden love and cultural conflict, to the aftermath of her disappearance.
It will cover the original police investigation and the present day, when Adnan Syed awaits a new trial.
According to HBO, it "presents new discoveries as well as groundbreaking revelations that challenge the state’s case."
The series also "features exclusive access to Syed, the defence team, the Syed family, friends and teachers of both students, and members of City of Baltimore law enforcement.
"The series traces how the rush to justice and Syed’s conviction in 2000 raised more questions than answers about what happened to Hae Min Lee, underscoring the instability of memory and conflicting eyewitnesses."
What is the Serial podcast?
Syed's story was brought to global attention by the hugely popular the first season of Sarah Koenig's 2014 podcast, Serial.
Koening, a US journalist from New York, who investigated the murder case in her popular podcast, created doubt over his conviction.
She revealed weaknesses in the evidence which was used to convict him and also raised questions about his defence lawyer, Maria Gutierrez, who was suffering from multiple sclerosis at the time.
Serial won a Peabody Award in April 2015 and was the fastest podcast in history to receive five million downloads, according to iTunes.
Millions of listeners became armchair detectives as the cult podcast — the fastest ever to pass five million downloads — illuminated holes in the case against Hae’s ex Syed, who had been sentenced to life imprisonment.
The saga of the 1999 killing, which until the podcast had just been a forgotten local US news story, was clearly ripe for a TV adaptation — and the only question was why it had taken so long.
Fast-forward to 2016, and a lower court ordered a retrial for Syed, on the grounds that his attorney — who died in 2004 — didn't contact an alibi witness, and provided ineffective counsel.
The state appealed.
The special appeals court upheld the lower court's ruling last year, and the state successfully appealed that decision too.
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