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‘Line Of Duty’ Creator Jed Mercurio “Developing Drama About Nurse Lucy Letby, UK’s Notorious Child Serial Killer” – Report


The Sun reports that actresses Sophie Turner and Jodie Comer are both in consideration for the lead role.

Jed Mercurio is behind some of the UK’s most successful dramas, and now it’s being reported that he is developing a new series based on the story of the country’s most notorious child serial killer. The newspaper speculates that Sophie Turner (formerly of Game of Thrones) and Jodie Comer ( Killing Eve) are both in the frame for the lead role. “It aims to try to explain how her crimes could have gone on for so long and how others — particularly [hospital paediatrician and whistleblower] Dr Jayaram — tried to act when suspicions were raised.

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