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Playwright David Hare and Peaky Blinders Creator Steven Knight Pay Tribute to Helen

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“She Lit Up the Screen”

by David Hare and Steven Knight | Radio Times | April 27, 2021

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One Saturday night in 1995 I sat down to watch a Screen Two film on BBC2. Streetlife, written and directed by Karl Francis, was about a single mother in a caravan in Wales, struggling to provide for her young child.

Although the material was bleak – Jo kills her child because she despairs of her future – it was played with the most extraordinary humour and vitality by a young actor I’d never seen before. She wore a tiny mini skirt, sparked with brave life, and gave one of the most moving performances I’d ever seen on TV.

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Quiz Viewers Praise Helen McCrory’s Performance as Barrister

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Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Cheating Scandal

by Staff | Irish News | April 15, 2020

Viewers have praised Helen McCrory’s performance as a defense barrister in ITV drama Quiz, with one joking the actress “could tell me the Earth is flat and I would be convinced”. Quiz tells the story of the infamous Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? cheating scandal, in which an Army major and his wife were accused of using an elaborate coughing trick to win the cash prize. Succession’s Matthew Macfadyen played Charles Ingram, while Fleabag’s Sian Clifford starred as his wife, Diana. Michael Sheen transformed into host Chris Tarrant. The third and final part aired on Wednesday, with viewers watching the couple stand trial charged with deception while McCrory played their defense barrister, Sonia Woodley QC.

While the Ingrams were eventually convicted, serious doubts persists over their guilt and Quiz viewers said McCrory’s performance had convinced them a miscarriage of justice had taken place following the 2003 trial.

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