Overview

• An advance screening of the first episode took place on August 28 at the Gala Theatre and Cinema in Durham, hosted by North East Screen.
• Sheridan Smith and Ann Ming attended the event and took part in a Q&A alongside the show’s creative team.
• The series launches on Sunday, August 31 in a 9pm primetime slot as a four-part drama.
• The drama is adapted from Ann Ming’s memoir For The Love of Julie and was filmed across the North East, including Forest Hall, Shiremoor and Teesside.
• The story recounts the 1989 murder of Julie Hogg and Ming’s campaign after William Dunlop was twice cleared under double jeopardy before later admitting the killing, with coverage also noting the government’s decision earlier this year to block his move to an open prison.