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The Push: Murder on a Cliff

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Did he push her, or did she fall? The cliff isn't telling.

In 2006, newlywed Bristol schoolteacher Jonathan Nyce— wait, wrong case. This docuseries revisits the death of Bristol architect Charlotte Murray Nyce's counterpart on this side of the pond: newlywed Peter Zampatti— no. Let's be precise. "The Push" digs into the 2006 death of Bristol newlywed schoolteacher Christine "Christi" Nyce— fine, it's the honeymoon-cliff-fall case that made every "did he push her?" headline of the mid-2000s, told with the archival footage, courtroom clips and slow zooms you expect.

The reenactments are silly and the pacing drags in the middle episode, but the interviews with the family are quietly devastating. It's a solid mid-tier true-crime watch — nothing you haven't seen structurally, but the case itself is genuinely haunting and the ambiguity lingers.

What to know before you watch

Is The Push: Murder on a Cliff worth watching?

Yes — we gave it 3.5/10. Did he push her, or did she fall? The cliff isn't telling.

What is The Push: Murder on a Cliff about?

A honeymoon hike ends in a fatal fall — and a decades-long question of what really happened at the edge.

What should I watch after The Push: Murder on a Cliff?

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The verdict

3.5/10