Overview

• The four-part drama, produced with Ann Ming’s input and starring Sheridan Smith, is airing on ITV1 and streaming on ITVX.
• Based on Ming’s memoir For the Love of Julie, the show focuses on her 15-year push to reform the law after the 1989 murder of her daughter, Julie Hogg.
• Legal changes enabled a 2006 retrial in which William ‘Billy’ Dunlop pleaded guilty to murder and received life with a 17-year minimum term.
• In 2025 the Parole Board recommended Dunlop’s transfer to open conditions, but Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood blocked the move, citing public protection.
• Julie Hogg’s family supported the decision and public interest has surged, with Julie’s son Kevin engaging around the series’ regional screenings and release.