I Fought the Law

This is definitely a Sheridan Smith show, written for Sheridan Smith and noone else. All the other characters are very two-dimensional or useless or both.

The police are particularly useless and incompetent as well as uncaring.

The men are all useless and only Sheridan Smith is given much in the script to get her teeth into.

If you love Sheridan Smith and the oarts she always plays, then you'll love it.

I just expect more from a drama.

Sheridan Smith delivers the performance of a lifetime. Her portrayal of a distraught, angry and grieving mother, makes you believe her pain is real. Incredible. It's a travesty if she doesn't win an award after this. It's horrendous that this is a true story and the attitudes of the time make you glad we've moved on!!

Sheridan smith portrayed this horrifying and deeply emotional series amazingly it's the best itv drama I've seen in a long time I think this story will stay with me my heart hurts for the family of beautiful Julie well done Sheridan smith and the courage Julie's mom had to bring this deeply emotional story back to life.

As a resident of Billingham I remember the case well. The drama follows the tragic events very accurately and you cannot but admire Ann's stubbornness and perseverance. It has echoes of the woman who fought for justice after Hillsborough. Working class women who took on the establishment and government. Ann changed a law that had stood for 800 years!

If this were fiction, you would think it a bit over the top, however it is true and beggars' belief.

Sheridan Smith portrays Ann Ming, a woman of true strength and conviction, a mother fighting for justice.

Ann reports her daughter Julie missing, but she knows that something is very wrong as she is convinced that Julie would never have disappeared overnight of her own volition.

The police are no help and treat Ann's concerns with flippancy at the beginning and then with condescension when she raises hell (displaying the grit of a working-class Yorkshire woman).

I cannot say too much for those of you who are not familiar with the events of Ann Ming's life, watch it without too much research beforehand and it will hit you between the eyes.

I was not familiar with the whole story, but as the series unfolded, I recalled seeing bits and pieces in the news.

This is a standout series, extremely well-acted, and written.

Ann took on the police, the law, and the politicians in battle that lasted 17 years, she literally made history.