National Treasure (British TV series)

National Treasure
GenreDrama
Based onOperation Yewtree
Written byJack Thorne
Directed byMarc Munden
Starring
ComposerCristobal Tapia de Veer
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes4 (list of episodes)
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Production
Executive producers
ProducerJohn Chapman
Production locations
Production companyThe Forge
Original release
NetworkChannel 4
Release20 September (2016-09-20) –
11 October 2016 (2016-10-11)
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National Treasure is a four-part 2016 British television drama by Channel 4, written by Jack Thorne.[1] It stars Robbie Coltrane as Paul Finchley, a once successful comedian of the 1980s and early 1990s, now hosting a television quiz show. He is accused of raping several young women in the early 1990s. 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.[2][3] At the 2017 British Academy Television Awards, the series won Best Mini-Series while Coltrane was nominated for Best Actor.[4]

  1. ^ "Broadcasters find C4's National Treasure". TBI Vision. 20 March 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  2. ^ Plunkett, John (25 August 2015). "Channel 4 launches drama inspired by Operation Yewtree investigations". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Bafta TV awards 2017: full list of winners". Guardian. 14 May 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2017.