Overview

• ITV will launch the drama at 9pm on Sunday, August 31, with episodes also on STV and available to stream on ITVX and STV Player.
• Sheridan Smith and Ann Ming attended a regional premiere and Q&A in Durham this week as the production showcased its North East roots.
• Smith portrays Ming and says the role drew on the memoir For The Love of Julie, with the pair describing themselves as friends for life.
• The drama follows the case that led to reforms under the 2003 Criminal Justice Act and enabled William Dunlop’s 2006 life sentence after earlier acquittals.
• Recent reporting notes the Justice Secretary blocked a Parole Board-backed move to transfer Dunlop to an open prison earlier this year.