7 h. ago Is I Fought the Law based on a true story? ITV show explained

Sheridan Smith stars in ITV drama I Fought the Law 📺

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7 h. ago I Fought the Law: the tragic, compelling true story behind the ITV show

Julie Hogg was murdered in 1989: this is the story of her mother’s 17 year fight for justice

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14 h. ago Filming locations for Sheridan Smith's ITV drama I Fought The Law revealed

I Fought The Law is based on the true story of Ann Ming's fight for justice after her daughter Julie Hogg was murdered by William Dunlop

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26 h. ago I Fought the Law review – no one does this kind of drama better than Sheridan Smith

This true crime drama about a woman who forced the government to change the law so her daughter’s killer could be jailed is totally elevated by Smith. Her brilliance turns it into genuinely moving TVIs there any comfort to be had in knowing that police incompetence is not a new phenomenon? Not really, no. But it might be all you can find to cling on to during this harrowing, heartbreaking four-part drama. I Fought the Law is based on the true story of Ann Ming ,the murder of her 22-year-old daughter Julie in 1989 and her 30-year campaign to change the double jeopardy law so Julie’s acquitted killer could be tried again for the crime.I Fought the Law has two great strengths. First, the awareness that although the overturning of a law that had existed since Magna Carta is technically the most astonishing part of Ming’s tale, it is not the most televisual. That, for better or worse, will always be the body blows she withstood, from finding her daughte...

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26 h. ago Sheridan Smith fans 'in tears' at heartbreaking I Fought the Law scenes

Sheridan Smith is being praised for her powerful performance in I Fought the Law, a new ITV drama based on the real-life harrowing story of a Brit who fought for justice after her daughter's murder

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27 h. ago Killer Billy Dunlop now as I Fought The Law brings harrowing true story to ITV

I Fought The Law tells the story of Ann Ming, whose daughter was murdered by Billy Dunlop at her home in 1989, and the 17-year fight for justice that followed

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27 h. ago ITV I Fought the Law true story of Anna Ming's fight for justice and where Billy Dunlop is now

The true crime drama based on a mother's fight for justice, premieres on ITV

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42 h. ago I Fought the Law: The harrowing true story behind the Sheridan Smith drama

Four-part series explores the 1989 murder of Julie Hogg and her mother’s fight for justice

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5 d. ago 'The horrifying moment I found my daughter's body and her killer walked free'

New ITV drama I Fought The Law is based on the true story of Ann Ming, who spent 17 years trying to overturn the double jeopardy law after her daughter Julie Hogg's murder

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6 d. ago I Fought The Law release date, cast and episodes as tragic true story told

I Fought The Law is a new ITV drama based on the true story of Ann Ming's long campaign to overturn the 800-year-old British double jeopardy law following the murder of her daughter Julie

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6 d. ago I Fought The Law release date, cast, episodes and harrowing true story

I Fought The Law is a new ITV drama based on the true story of Ann Ming's long campaign to overturn the 800-year-old British double jeopardy law following the murder of her daughter

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6 d. ago I Fought The Law ITV release date, cast, episodes and real life story behind drama

I Fought The Law is a new ITV drama based on the true story of Ann Ming's long campaign to overturn the 800-year-old British double jeopardy law following the murder of her daughter

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9 d. ago What happened to Reena Virk? True story behind ITV's Under The Bridge

Under the Bridge, which first aired on Disney+, tells the harrowing true story of 14-year-old Reena Virk who was brutally murdered by a group of teenagers in 1997.

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1 week ago Sheridan Smith reduced to tears in tense courtroom scenes in first look at her gritty new ITV series I Fought The Law that is based on a real

The actress, 44, has been visibly aged by costume designers as she appears in court for the new crime drama.

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1 week ago ITV drama based on true story set to show 'different side' to David Tennant

Doctor Who's David Tennant is set to star as journalist Nick Davies in new ITV drama The Hack.

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2 w. ago Sheridan Smith battled pain over tragic family death while filming new ITV drama

Actress Sheridan Smith thought about her late brother while filming new ITV drama I Fought The Law, which is based on campaigner Ann Ming, whose daughter Julie was murdered

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3 w. ago Sheridan Smith left a 'shaking mess' after filming new drama as she confesses 'getting mad' at herself

The 44-year-old actress stars in the upcoming ITV drama, I Fought The Law, which is based on one woman's true story

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