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‘All Creatures Great And Small’ Scribe To Pen ITV Drama About Repeal Of Double Jeopardy Law Starring Sheridan Smith


Sheridan Smith will starr in an ITV double keopardy drama about Ann Ming written by Jamie Crichton.

EXCLUSIVE: All Creatures Great and Small scribe Jamie Crichton is taking on ITV ‘s latest campaigning drama, a series about the fight to repeal the notorious double jeopardy law starring Sheridan Smith. “I am so honored to have been asked to play the role of Ann Ming, a mother so determined to fight for justice for her murdered daughter that she spent 15 years campaigning for the double jeopardy law to be changed,” said Cleaning Up star Smith. Deadline recently revealed ITV is in the early stages of a series about the similarly-devastating contaminated blood scandal, penned by Peter Moffat, as a spotlight is placed on these local British stories that are becoming harder to make in the current funding climate.

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