National Treasure (TV series)
| National Treasure | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama |
| Based on | Operation Yewtree |
| Written by | Jack Thorne |
| Directed by | Marc Munden |
| Starring | |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 4 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
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| Producer(s) | John Chapman |
| Location(s) | |
| Production company(s) | The Forge |
| Release | |
| Original network | Channel 4 |
| Original release | 20 September – 11 October 2016 |
| External links | |
| The Forge | |
National Treasure is a four-part 2016 British television drama by Channel 4, written by Jack Thorne.
It stars Robbie Coltrane as Paul Finchley, a television comedian accused of raping a 15-year-old girl several years earlier. Julie Walters plays his wife Marie, and Andrea Riseborough plays his daughter Dee.
The drama is inspired by Operation Yewtree, a police operation that resulted in the prosecution of a number of veteran TV performers.[1][2]
Cast
- Robbie Coltrane as Paul Finchley
- Julie Walters as Marie Finchley (Finchley's wife)
- Andrea Riseborough as Danielle "Dee" Finchley (Finchley's daughter)
- Tim McInnerny as Karl Jenkins (Finchley's comedy partner)
- Babou Ceesay as Jerome Sharpe (Finchley's solicitor)
- Mark Lewis Jones as Gerry (investigator)
- Nadine Marshall as DI Palmer
- Kate Hardie as Rebecca Thornton (alleged rape victim)
- Susan Lynch as Christina Farnborough (former babysitter)
- Graeme Hawley as Dan
- Cara Barton as Young Dee Finchley
- William Wright-Neblett as Billy (Dee's son)
- Trystan Gravelle as Young Paul Finchley
- Lucy Speed as Young Marie Finchley
- Kerry Fox as Zoe Darwin (Finchley's barrister)
- Renaee-Mya Warden as Frances
- Jeremy Swift as Simon
- Rosalind Eleazar as Georgina
- Ed Eales White as Young Karl Jenkins
- Sarah Middleton as Young Rebecca Thornton
- Ruby Ashbourne Serkis as Young Christina Farnborough
- Vivienne Bell as Stella
- David Fleeshman as Judge
- Sam Hoare as Tom
- Ben Lloyd-Hughes as Freddie
- Ronnie Fox as Taxi Driver
- Vicki Hackett as Receptionist
- Ian Puleston-Davies as Leo
- Johann Myers as Dave
- Catherine Breeze as Nurse
- Darren Boyd as Hamish
- Lee Mack as Himself
- Robert Webb as Himself
- Alan Carr as Himself
- Frank Skinner as Himself
- Victoria Derbyshire as Herself
Episodes
Episode 1
- Air date 20 September 2016
- After an awards ceremony, veteran comedian Paul Finchley is arrested on suspicion of raping a young girl in the 1990s. This has a hard impact on him and his family. His wife, Marie, is horrified and his drug addict daughter, Dee, cannot take it in. Paul's life goes into a downward spiral as he is dropped from his presenting duties and to make matters worse, he faces more charges as more women come forward.
Episode 2
- Air date 27 September 2016
- Dee begins to wonder if her father, Paul, was abusing her as a child. She attempts to confront her former babysitter, Christina, who has formally accused Paul. Flashback sequences show that Christina introduced Dee to drugs. On deciding that Paul is innocent, Dee crashes her car in a suicide attempt.
Episode 3
- Air date 4 October 2016
Episode 4
- Air date 11 October 2016
- Paul Finchley was cleared of historic rape and sexual assault charges. However, in an unsettling twist, viewers learnt that Finchley was in fact guilty. A flashback sequence confirmed that he had raped a girl on a television set, and that his comedy partner Karl (Tim McInnerney) covered for him in court.
References
- ↑ Plunkett, John (25 August 2015). "Channel 4 launches drama inspired by Operation Yewtree investigations". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
- ↑ Ross, Peter (6 September 2016). "'This is for the people who were abused': Robbie Coltrane on his Yewtree-inspired drama". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
External links
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