Overview
- ITV confirmed further casting on Tuesday and said filming is underway in Bristol, naming Penelope Wilton and Jonathan Pryce as the leads.
- The limited four-part series is written by Chris Lang, directed by Bruce Goodison and produced by Corestar Media and Indefinite Films.
- The drama adapts the true story in which Dennis Eccleston died after a joint suicide pact and Mavis Eccleston survived, was charged and later acquitted in 2019.
- Producers and the developer Tom Brittney say the show will focus on family trauma and contested questions about assisted dying while handling the family sensitively and offering support resources such as Samaritans.
- ITV and STV will broadcast the series and it will stream on ITVX and STV Player, with no release date announced yet.