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Believe Me Puts Worboys’ Victims at the Center Ahead of Sunday ITV Premiere

The survivor-led retelling seeks to spotlight police failures to help more victims speak up.

Overview

  • The four-part series, which premieres Sunday, centers on two women whose reports were dismissed by the Metropolitan Police.
  • The drama traces their ordeal after reporting rape and their legal case that exposed investigative failures inside the force.
  • Writer Jeff Pope built the scripts from interviews with the women, their lawyers and serving officers, drawing on court records and verbatim lines.
  • Director Julia Ford keeps the story in the survivors’ perspective and avoids graphic assault scenes, focusing on what they remember and its fallout.
  • Intimacy coordinator Sita Thomas and on-set counseling supported actors, with Daniel Mays, Aimée-Ffion Edwards and Aasiya Shah leading the cast.