Fearless (British TV series)

Fearless
GenreCrime thriller
Created byPatrick Harbinson
Written byPatrick Harbinson
Directed byPete Travis
Creative directorRebecca Keane
Starring
Opening themeBack from the Fire by Gold Brother
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes6 (list of episodes)
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Production
Executive producersPatrick Harbinson
Damien Timmer
Tom Mullens
ProducerAdrian Sturges
Production locationsLondon, England
EditorsMatt Platt-Mills
Sigvaldi J. Karason
Malcolm Crowe
Running time45 minutes
Production companyMammoth Screen
Original release
NetworkITV
Release12 June (2017-06-12) –
17 July 2017 (2017-07-17)
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Fearless is a six-part British crime thriller television drama series created by screenwriter Patrick Harbinson and broadcast on ITV in 2017.[1] The series follows human-rights lawyer Emma Banville (Helen McCrory) as she tries to prove convicted murderer Kevin Russell innocent of the murder of schoolgirl Linda Simms 14 years earlier. Russell asserts that he is innocent of the crime, and Emma believes that his conviction was a miscarriage of justice. She goes to extreme lengths to discover the truth.[2]

Supporting cast includes Michael Gambon as influential former Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet Office Sir Alastair McKinnon, Jonathan Forbes as Emma's colleague Dominic Truelove, Wunmi Mosaku as DCS Olivia Greenwood, the Investigating Officer on the Linda Simms case, and John Bishop as Emma's boyfriend Steve Livesey.[3]

Filming for the series began in September 2016 in London and East Anglia.[4] The series debuted on ITV in the UK on 12 June 2017 and has received positive reviews, with critics praising Helen McCrory's performance.[5][6] However, the show was cancelled in March 2018 after one series.[7]

  1. ^ "ITV Media | Fearless". www.itvmedia.co.uk. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Fearless Press Pack" (PDF). ITV Press Centre. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Sir Michael Gambon joins the cast of ITV's Fearless". ITV Press Centre. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  4. ^ "ITV Media | Fearless". www.itvmedia.co.uk. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  5. ^ Mangan, Lucy (13 June 2017). "Fearless review – Helen McCrory shines in a fabulously classy thriller". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Fearless episode 1 review: Homeland comes to East Anglia". The Telegraph. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  7. ^ "ITV ditches the Nightly Show, Bigheads and Fearless for 'underperforming'". March 2018.