I Fought The Law
Series 1 / Episode 1
Sunday 31 August 2025
21:00
ITV1 / STV / /ITV1 HD / STV HD / ITVX / STV Player
Writer: Jamie Crichton
Director: Erik Richter Strand
Series Producer: Mark Hedges
Executive Producer: Charlotte Webber
Executive Producer: Liza Marshall
Executive Producer: Jamie Crichton
Executive Producer: Erik Richter Strand
Series 1 / Episode 1
Sunday 31 August 2025
21:00
ITV1 / STV / /ITV1 HD / STV HD / ITVX / STV Player
Writer: Jamie Crichton
Director: Erik Richter Strand
Series Producer: Mark Hedges
Executive Producer: Charlotte Webber
Executive Producer: Liza Marshall
Executive Producer: Jamie Crichton
Executive Producer: Erik Richter Strand
Powerful true crime drama starring Sheridan Smith as a mother who fights to get justice for her daughter.
When Ann Ming’s 22-year-old daughter, Julie, goes missing from her home in Billingham in 1989, Ann pleads with the apparently unconcerned police to help her.
Eventually launching an investigation, the police fail to find Julie.
Three months later, it is Ann herself who discovers what has happened.
Ann channels her grief into finding justice for her daughter, but when a violent local man is charged with murder, a series of blunders sees him walk free.
Safe in the knowledge that the Double Jeopardy law protects him from being tried again for the same crime, the man openly and publicly brags about having murdered Julie.
Incensed, Ann begins a 17-year campaign to overturn this archaic law, in a courageous and tenacious fight that takes her all the way to the House Of Lords in an attempt to see justice for her daughter.
When Ann Ming’s 22-year-old daughter, Julie, goes missing from her home in Billingham in 1989, Ann pleads with the apparently unconcerned police to help her.
Eventually launching an investigation, the police fail to find Julie.
Three months later, it is Ann herself who discovers what has happened.
Ann channels her grief into finding justice for her daughter, but when a violent local man is charged with murder, a series of blunders sees him walk free.
Safe in the knowledge that the Double Jeopardy law protects him from being tried again for the same crime, the man openly and publicly brags about having murdered Julie.
Incensed, Ann begins a 17-year campaign to overturn this archaic law, in a courageous and tenacious fight that takes her all the way to the House Of Lords in an attempt to see justice for her daughter.
In 1989 Billingham, Ann Ming (Sheridan Smith) shares a deep bond with her 22-year-old daughter Julie (Victoria Wyant) and young grandson Kevin (Buddy Wignall-Ho).
When Julie vanishes, Ann's desperate pleas to the police fall on deaf ears, with officers dismissing her as having fled to London to reconcile with her estranged husband.
Convinced Julie would never abandon Kevin, Ann relentlessly pressures authorities until they reluctantly search Julie's home, yielding no results after five grueling days.
Upon receiving the keys back, Ann returns to the house, where a foul odor draws her to the bathroom, leading to a harrowing discovery: Julie's body concealed behind the bath panel, shattering Ann in a mother's ultimate horror.
When Julie vanishes, Ann's desperate pleas to the police fall on deaf ears, with officers dismissing her as having fled to London to reconcile with her estranged husband.
Convinced Julie would never abandon Kevin, Ann relentlessly pressures authorities until they reluctantly search Julie's home, yielding no results after five grueling days.
Upon receiving the keys back, Ann returns to the house, where a foul odor draws her to the bathroom, leading to a harrowing discovery: Julie's body concealed behind the bath panel, shattering Ann in a mother's ultimate horror.
SERIES CAST
Sheridan Smith as Ann Ming
Daniel York Loh as Charlie Ming
Enzo Cilenti as DS Mark Braithwaite
Olivia Ng as Angela
Marlowe Chan-Reeves as Gary
Jake Davies as Matthew
Buddy Wignall-Ho as Kevin Hogg
Harry Jones as Kevin Hogg (14-17 years)
Victoria Wyant as Julie Hogg
Kent Riley as DI Keith Arnold
Ron Cook as Frank Cook MP
Dana Haqjoo as Mr Ahmed
Andrew Lancel as Guy Whitburn QC
Sarah Vickers as Court Clerk
Rufus Jones as Lord Goldsmith
Nigel Betts as D.C.C Nigel Johnstone
Jessica Johnson as Bev Fowler
Steve Furst as Alan Wilkie Q.C.
Billy Gunnion as Sean Fowler
Bryony Corrigan as WPC Elliot
Aimée Kelly as Sarah Gray
Luke Cinque-White as Sgt Murphy
Vicky Hall as CPS Receptionist
Sam Pamphilon as Journalist 1
George Potts as Inspector Wilkinson
Richard Huw as Senior Crown Prosecutor
Ian Barritt as Lord Gittens
Gemma Nichols as Journalist 2
James Chalmers as TV Interviewer
Andrew Havill as Robert Carnwath
Sky Frances as Runner
Victoria Holtom as Nurse
Richard Rycroft as Justice Calvert-Smith
David Tarkenter as Constituent
James Chalmers as Reporter
James Tucker as Jack Straw MP
Susan Jayne-Robinson as Specialist
Tom Bell as Producer / Director
Chris Lane as Line Dancing Caller
Ash Tandon as Imran Khan
Alison Ward as Marion (Billingham Neighbour)
Andrew P. Stephen as Appeal Judge
Paul Hamilton as Chief Superintendent
Charlotte Hudson as Penny Peters
Dean Forster as SC. Stunt Coordinator
Yusuf Chaudhri as SP1. Stunt Pizza Worker
Eddy Beckett as SP7. Stunt Police Officer
Daniel York Loh as Charlie Ming
Enzo Cilenti as DS Mark Braithwaite
Olivia Ng as Angela
Marlowe Chan-Reeves as Gary
Jake Davies as Matthew
Buddy Wignall-Ho as Kevin Hogg
Harry Jones as Kevin Hogg (14-17 years)
Victoria Wyant as Julie Hogg
Kent Riley as DI Keith Arnold
Ron Cook as Frank Cook MP
Dana Haqjoo as Mr Ahmed
Andrew Lancel as Guy Whitburn QC
Sarah Vickers as Court Clerk
Rufus Jones as Lord Goldsmith
Nigel Betts as D.C.C Nigel Johnstone
Jessica Johnson as Bev Fowler
Steve Furst as Alan Wilkie Q.C.
Billy Gunnion as Sean Fowler
Bryony Corrigan as WPC Elliot
Aimée Kelly as Sarah Gray
Luke Cinque-White as Sgt Murphy
Vicky Hall as CPS Receptionist
Sam Pamphilon as Journalist 1
George Potts as Inspector Wilkinson
Richard Huw as Senior Crown Prosecutor
Ian Barritt as Lord Gittens
Gemma Nichols as Journalist 2
James Chalmers as TV Interviewer
Andrew Havill as Robert Carnwath
Sky Frances as Runner
Victoria Holtom as Nurse
Richard Rycroft as Justice Calvert-Smith
David Tarkenter as Constituent
James Chalmers as Reporter
James Tucker as Jack Straw MP
Susan Jayne-Robinson as Specialist
Tom Bell as Producer / Director
Chris Lane as Line Dancing Caller
Ash Tandon as Imran Khan
Alison Ward as Marion (Billingham Neighbour)
Andrew P. Stephen as Appeal Judge
Paul Hamilton as Chief Superintendent
Charlotte Hudson as Penny Peters
Dean Forster as SC. Stunt Coordinator
Yusuf Chaudhri as SP1. Stunt Pizza Worker
Eddy Beckett as SP7. Stunt Police Officer
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