I FOUGHT THE LAW: S01E02 - EPISODE 02 OF 04 | I FOUGHT THE LAW AT INFORMING BRITAIN

​I Fought The Law
Series 1 / Episode 2
Monday 01 September 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

Tormented by vivid nightmares of finding her daughter's remains, Ann (Sheridan Smith) funnels her anguish into demanding answers from the police while fighting to preserve her strained marriage to Charlie (Daniel York Loh).

Hope flickers when a local suspect is apprehended, but the trial shifts scrutiny onto Julie's life rather than the accused.

Despite mounting evidence, the jury deadlocks, undermined by the botched initial investigation and a tenacious defence.

​The judge orders a retrial, plunging Ann back into the abyss of reliving her nightmare.

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