NEW DRAMA
Joan
Sunday & Monday, 9pm, ITV1 (box set, ITVX)
Get ready to enter a world of daring, danger and diamonds as the crimes of real-life jewel thief Joan Hannington are brought to our screens in ITV1's new drama Joan.
Starring Game of Thrones actor Sophie Turner and adapted from Hannington's memoir, the sixpart series follows the life of the resilient single mum, who was a key figure in London's criminal underworld during the 80s, earning the nickname 'The Godmother.
Starting in 1985, the drama finds young mum Joan living in Kent and trapped in a violent relationship with abusive criminal Gary (Nick Blood) before she finds the courage to flee to London to begin a new life with antiques dealer and professional thief Boisie Hannington (Fear the Walking Dead's Frank Dillane).
Here, in an exclusive interview, Turner, 28, tells us more...
What appealed to you most about this role?
What really drew me to Joan was the fact she was a young woman capable of pulling off some pretty major crimes. She had such ambition and resilience. I knew nothing of her beforehand, which is surprising for a girl like me as I love true crime!
This story is from the {{IssueName}} edition of {{MagazineName}}.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber ? Sign In
This story is from the {{IssueName}} edition of {{MagazineName}}.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber? Sign In
Fighting talk
Netflix becomes the exclusive home of WWE in the UK
Hitting the BULLSEYE
Darts legend' Bobby George recalls the sport's glory days
Terror on the Tube
A moving docuseries looks back at the 2005 suicide attacks on London
Go In beace!
There's a new face in the pulpit as Will says goodbye in Grantchester
Hearts & bones
It's all change at The Lyell Centre when colleagues Nikki Alexander (Emilia Fox) and Jack Hodgson (David Caves), who are now engaged to be married, find themselves with a new boss.
All at sea
Can the cruiseship sleuths solve the death of an opera singer?
Lending a hand
Rory Kinnear returns as real-life local hero Dave Fishwick in a feel-good sequel
MIND hunter
An autistic woman turns detective in a groundbreaking crime drama
Deadly harbour
Joanne Froggatt and John Bradley star in a Sydney-set murder mystery
Switched at birth
James Norton stars in a gripping thriller about the devastating repercussions of a hospital mix-up
