18 h. ago ITV I Fought The Law fans say the same thing about Sheridan Smith's accent minutes into new drama

I Fought The Law has been a huge hit with ITV viewers, but some have been unconvinced by the accents in the true crime drama

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18 h. ago Who killed Julie in I Fought The Law? Poignant reason why murderer was not named

I Fought The Law viewers are not told much about Julie Hogg's killer.

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31 h. ago I Fought the Law: Sheridan Smith left in tears by Ann Ming’s plea

Sheridan Smith was left in tears by a mother’s heartfelt plea during a live This Morning interview.

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34 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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34 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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35 h. ago The Sheridan Smith memes are distracting us from just how brilliant she really is

Smith’s ubiquitous ‘based on a true story’ dramas have become a punchline on social media, but her latest powerful turn in ‘I Fought the Law’ proves once again that she’s one of our brightest stars, says Katie Rosseinsky

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36 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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41 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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41 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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41 h. ago What happened to Julie Hogg's son Kevin as I Fought The Law airs?

Julie Hogg's son was only three years old at the time of her murder.

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41 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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42 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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51 h. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews I Fought The Law on ITV1: Sheridan Smith excels as a mother taking on the British justice system

When Sheridan Smith is on form, there's no one to touch her for raw emotional power. She can project grief and anger so intense, it cracks the screen. And she's at her heart-wrenching best here.

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53 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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53 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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53 h. ago What happened to Julie Hogg's killer Billy Dunlop as I Fought The Law airs?

Julie Hogg was murdered by Billy Dunlop in 1989, but it took her mother Ann Ming 17 years to get justice for her daughter as she campaigned to have the double jeopardy law changed

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53 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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54 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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54 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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54 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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