Overview
- The four‑part drama premiered on ITV on February 22 with all episodes streaming on ITVX, with international rollouts set for BritBox in the U.S. and Canada on March 18 and BINGE/Foxtel in Australia from February 23.
- Viewers have praised Mia McKenna‑Bruce’s lead performance, even as critics remain divided, with ratings ranging from two stars in The Guardian to four in The Telegraph and a discomforted appraisal in The Independent.
- Tom Cressman’s brother Rick said the family found the series emotionally distressing despite cooperating with producers and receiving a private screening arranged by ITV.
- Natalie Dormer, who portrays Sarah Ferguson, has declined to promote the series and says she donated her fee to NAPAC and the Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse.
- Produced by Left Bank Pictures and written by Debbie O’Malley, the series filmed royal interiors at stately‑home stand‑ins and used Majorca for overseas settings, and it is one of numerous screen retellings of the case.