“800 Years of British Legal History. 15 Years of Campaigning to Change It. Decdes of Suffering after the Murder of Her Daughter. England’s Ann Ming, 79, is a force of Nature. Now, The Four-Part Itv Drama Series and Fough The Law Will Tell Her Story and Bring It to A Broader Audence, Starting on Sunday, Who”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
Written by Jamie Crichton (All Creatures Great and Small, The Last Kingdom, Grantchester), Starring English Actress and Singer Sheridan Smith (Cilla, Mrs Biggs, Gavin & Stacey) As Ming and Produced by Hera Pictures (What It Feels Like for a Girl, Mary & George, Hamnet), in Association with All3Media International, The Series Is Based on Ming’s Book For the love of julieWHICH DETAILS HER CAMPAIGN TO OVERTURN The 800-YEAR-ELD BRITISH DOBLE JEOPARDY LAW Following the Murder of Her 22-Iear-Eld Daughter.
The Law Prevented People From Being Tried Twice for the Same Offense. But thanks to Her Campaign, The Criminal Justice Act 2003 Created An Exception to the Double Jeopardy Rule, ALLOWING ACQUITTED DEFENDANT TO BE TRIED ACECOND TIME.
That opened the way for a retrial and 2006 Convention in the Case of Julie’s Murder. The Man Was SentenCed to A Life Term.
“I faughht the law Is The Powerful True Story of a Mother’s Releentless Fight For Justice Following the Disappeance of Her Beloved Daughter Julie, “Reads a Hera Pictures Summary. Historic Legal Reform and, Ultimately, To A Life Sennce for Julie’s Killer Nearly Two Decades After Her Murder. ”
An itv synopsis also Highlights: “The Drama Follows the TRAGIC, MOVING, AND DEEPLY INSPIRING JOUURNY OF The Ming Family After the Murder… in the Wake of Multiple. Authorities to uncover the Truth and ENSURE the man Responsible is Brough to Justice – Despite Initial Seeming He Will Get Away with Murder. System – Challenging The Crown Prosecution Service, The Law Commission, Prominent Defense Barristers in Television Debates, The Government, The Lord Chancellol, The Attrney General, and TWO.
You maynnder How Ming Kept Up Her Campaign for So Long. “I Am Quite A Strong Person, But I Mean, I Never Had the Challenge of Changing The Law, But I’M Glad I DID IT NOW,“ She TELLS Thr.
Asked about the heavy weight of tradition and history that kept her from pushing through her proposal for a change for a long time i Common Sense. Bragging in A Local Pub that HE GOT AWAY CONDH The Perfect Murder. ”
So, how did the Series come about? “[Hera] Got in Touch and SAID they were interested ”to make a series, she recalls.“ I’ve got an agent in London. HE Advised Me to Meet and Go With Them. ”
Shares Hera Founder Liza Marshall: “Yes, We Wanted to Option Her Amazing Book. We Were Just SO DRAWN TO HER.”
The Long Creative Journy Was Worth It, She Feels. “We First Started Talking About It During the Pandemic, Whosh Was A Time Wen We Were All, Certainly in the UK, Complaning A Lot About the Government,“ The Executive Shares.
Of Course, Her Team Also Felt a Burden to Tell The Story in the Best Possible Way. “IT’s A Huge Responsability,“ Marshall Tells Thr. “Ann was Right at the Heart of the Process All The Way Through, from the Moment We Took Itv to Start Off and Develop the Script with Them. And THEN SHERIDAN BECAME INTALY. Greenlighting of the Show. ”
Ming Enjoyed Working with Crichton and the Rest of the Creative Team. “WHEN HE DID THE SCRIPT, HE SENT IT TO ME TO HAVE A Look at It, And IF I FELT THERE WAS Anything to Alter, We Alted It,“ She Tells Thr. “I’M Really Pleased with the Script and Everything, the Whole Process and the Whole Drama.”
And ming loves that sheridan portrays her. “They Couldn’t Have Picked Anybody Better than Sheridan Smith,“ She Tells Thr. “She is Really The Best Actress.”
So, she was a smith fan before her casting? “OH, YEAH, DEFINITELY,“ MING SAYS. “I’ve Seen Everything She’s Ever Done. It’s So Nice for Her To Play Me.”
Does ming expert I faughht the law To Change People’s Awareness of Her Work Much? “I’ve Lived and Breated this for so long. I Think People in My Local Area All Know That It Was Me Who Campaigned to Change The Law,” She Says. “BUT A LOT OF POOPLE DON’T KNOW IT WAS ME, EVEN TONOUGH I DID THE BOOK IN 2006. NOW, More People Will Realize Who Did It.”
Indeed, Highlights Marshall, “in a wider uk context, People Actually Don’t Know The Story and the Incredible Bravery Sheemed and The Resilienc to the Law Overtured. I Think. What you can do if you put your mind to something, and how, Even if the doors Close in your face, you just keep pushing thorough.
Adds Hera Executive Producer Charlotte Weber: “Ann Was Going Up Against The Establishment and Various Different Organization Every Single Level of Authority on a Human Level.
She describes ming as a role model for women everywhere. But Ming Herself Remains Modest. Does she feel like a role model? “No, not Really,“ She Tells Thr. She Feels She Just Followed Her Heart and Common Sense. “If You Think Something’s Wrong and You Think That It Should Be Changed, Well, You DO IT,“ She CONCLUDES. “KEEP THAT Thought for the day: if it’s wrong, Change It to Right.”
I faughht the law Launches on Itv and Stv on Sunday, Aug. 31, with the Series Streaming on Itvx and Stv Player, Followed by a Documentary about ming’s Historic Campaign Called and Fough The Law: The Ann Ming Story.