British
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television drama series, written by Frances Poletti. It stars
Vicky McClure
Vicky Lee McClure (born 8 May 1983) is an English actress, model and presenter. She is known for her roles as Detective Inspector Kate Fleming in the BBC series ''Line of Duty'' (2012–2021) and Lol Jenkins in Shane Meadows's film '' This Is ...
as a mother whose life becomes entangled with her daughter's killer. It began airing on 28 December 2022
ITVX
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, followed by broadcast on
ITV
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on 15 May 2023. The series began airing on
Acorn TV
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on 12 February 2024.
Plot
Three years on from the death of her daughter, taxi driver Stella is still unable to move on. With her family life in tatters, she suddenly gets a message from the man who killed her child.
Cast
*
Vicky McClure
Vicky Lee McClure (born 8 May 1983) is an English actress, model and presenter. She is known for her roles as Detective Inspector Kate Fleming in the BBC series ''Line of Duty'' (2012–2021) and Lol Jenkins in Shane Meadows's film '' This Is ...
Dorothy Atkinson
Dorothy Caroline Atkinson (born 1966) is an English actress and singer. She has appeared in several plays by playwright Alan Ayckbourn and in films by Mike Leigh, including ''Topsy-Turvy'', '' All or Nothing'', and '' Mr. Turner'', which premi ...
as Jessie Cole
*
Andrea Lowe
Andrea Lowe (born 1 May 1975) is an English actress.
Career
She started her theatre career at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre in the play '' The Birthday Party'' by Harold Pinter.Johann Myers as Remy
* Ezra Faroque Khan as Kelvin
* Callum Fuller as Jamal Aboushi
*Grant Crookes as Prison Officer
Episodes
Reception
Rebecca Nicholson of ''
The Guardian
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'' awarded the first episode four stars out of five, praising McClure's performance. Anita Singh in ''
The Telegraph
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'' also gave it four stars out of five, praising the cast and evocation of the setting by Poletti. Nick Hilton of ''
The Independent
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'' gave the first episode three out of five stars, finding it 'generic' and feeling it did not afford McClure new material as an actor.
Awards
McClure was nominated at the 2023 British Academy Television Awards, for the
British Academy Television Award for Best Actress
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