4 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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4 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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6 h. ago ITV viewers praise 'powerful' new crime drama saying it's 'best' they've ever watched

I Fought The Law launched last night on ITV starring Sheridan Smith as Ann Ming and a second instalment airs on Monday

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11 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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11 h. ago ITV I Fought the Law viewers all say the same thing with one moment classed as 'tip top'

Audiences flocked to social media to praise Sheridan's "raw and authentic" portrayal of Ann Ming, saying she "played this perfectly"

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12 h. ago What happened to Julie Hogg as I Fought The Law airs on ITV?

The murder case of young North East mum Julie Hogg is now being revisited in the new ITV drama I Fought The Law, which stars Sheridan Smith as Julie's mum Ann Ming

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12 h. ago What happened to Ann Ming's husband Charlie after I Fought The Law?

I Fought the Law continues on ITV tonight and Sheridan Smith stars as Ann Ming - but what happened to her husband Charlie?

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23 h. ago I Fought the Law review – Sheridan Smith is utterly believable in this true crime story worth sharing with the world

Like the groundbreaking legal case at its centre, the carefully made four-part series can feel slow in parts

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23 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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24 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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24 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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24 h. ago ITV I Fought the Law full cast list as Coronation Street and Vera stars join Sheridan Smith

A brand new, primetime ITV true-life drama starts this weekend and the cast is chock full of familiar faces

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24 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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25 h. ago Sheridan Smith's huge net worth as she says I Fought the Law role is "the hardest thing I've ever done"

Sheridan Smith stars in ITV's newest drama, I Fought The Law, inspired by the true story of Ann Ming

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25 h. ago The real story of Ann Ming's campaign behind ITV's I Fought the Law

Ann Ming campaigned for 15 years and changed the law that led to murderer William Dunlop to be the first person sentenced under the ruling

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29 h. ago Chilling discoveries that led to Billy Dunlop's arrest as tragic case revisited in ITV drama

Sheridan Smith stars in ITV's new four-part series, I Fought The Law, as Ann Ming, whose daughter, Julie Hogg, was tragically strangled to death by Billy Dunlop

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36 h. ago I Fought the Law cast: who is in ITV show with Sheridan Smith? Full cast

I Fought the Law will bring a tragic true-story to the nation 🚨📺

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39 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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39 h. ago I Fought The Law's Sheridan Smith left 'shaking' over 'taxing' ITV true crime drama

Sheridan Smith has opened up about her experience preparing for her latest role in ITV's new true crime drama I Fought The Law, in which she stars as Ann Ming

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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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