The Innocent (miniseries)

The Innocent
Genre	Crime drama
Written by	Jan McVerry Stephen Mallatratt
Directed by	Sarah Harding
Starring	Caroline Quentin Paul Rhys Clare Holman Peter O'Brien Michael Cochrane Ben Miles David Fleeshman
Composer	Christopher Gunning
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	2
Production
Executive producer	Carolyn Reynolds
Producer	Hugh Warren
Cinematography	John Ignatius
Editor	Edward Mansell
Running time	90 minutes
Production company	Yorkshire Television
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	7 January (2001-01-07) – 8 January 2001 (2001-01-08)
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The Innocent is a two-part British television crime drama miniseries, written by Jan McVerry and Stephen Mallatratt, that first broadcast on ITV on 7 January 2001.^[1] Directed by Sarah Harding, The Innocent tells the story of David Pastorov (Paul Rhys), a barrister accused of rape by one of his colleagues, Alison (Clare Holman). Although he initially denies the claims, when it later transpires that he slept with the alleged victim, his wife, Beth (Caroline Quentin), heavily pregnant with the couple's third child, struggles to believe his version of events.^[2]

The two episodes of The Innocent attracted 9.87 and 9.49 million viewers respectively.^[3] Despite going head-to-head with Rebel Heart, the BBC's controversial Irish War of Independence drama, which had attracted widespread criticism before its broadcast (which resulted in critics expecting it to draw a large audience), The Innocent drew nearly six million more viewers.^[4] Despite this, the series has never been released on DVD.