A new hope
What's on TV|August 28, 2021
Hugh Quarshie, Steve Coogan and Sharlene Whyte star in a new drama about the fight for justice for Stephen Lawrence…
STEVEN PERKINS
A new hope

STEPHEN

Monday, 9pm ITV Drama All three episodes will be on ITV Hub and BritBox after the first episode airs

Following the murder of their son Stephen in a racially motivated attack in south-east London in 1993, Neville and Doreen Lawrence vowed to bring his killers to justice. However, the initial investigation into the crime was fundamentally flawed, and failed to result in a successful prosecution – leading to a public enquiry that found the Met Police to be ‘institutionally racist’.

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