Praised by critics for addressing one of the most important issues of our time, Jimmy McGovern’s latest series has been hotly anticipated by viewers.
The Time writer is no stranger to taking difficult topics and unpacking them in an engaging manner to audiences.
Whether it was Sean Bean’s character going into prison for drunk driving or a priest dealing with his childhood trauma in Broken, the writer has earned a loyal fanbase.
And ahead of the release of Unforgiveable airing on BBC, the excitement around his work certainly does not seem to be dying.
Now, however, fans can expect to get even more excited after an exciting update was revealed.
Starring Bobby Schofield as Joe and Line of Duty’s Anna Maxwell Martin as Katherine, an ex-nun and therapist working at St Maura’s, the series features an all-star cast.
The first trailer for the series shows us Joe, a man who has served his prison sentence after committing an act of abuse, having a therapy session with Katherine.
After being released, he also has to come face to face with his family once again.
A description of the series reads: ‘The Mitchell family deal with the devastating aftermath of an act of sexual abuse committed by a member of their own family who, after two years, is about to leave prison.’
But, in an exciting update, we now know exactly when the series is going to air.
Following an announcement from the BBC, all three episodes will be released on BBC iPlayer at 6am on Thursday July 24.
The first episode will then also air on the same day from 9pm.
When the cast for the series was first confirmed, McGovern told Radio Times: ‘I can’t believe the cast and crew that have been assembled for this production. It’s a challenging film, yes, but I can’t wait for it to be shown.’
This comes after Netflix added all four episodes of a ‘gripping’ spy thriller starring another Line of Duty star.
The drama centres around Verloc, the owner of a smutty Soho sex shop, who has a side hustle on the go as an informer for the Russian embassy, keeping tabs on a group of anarchists in the capital – whose aims are to ‘attack the rich!’
The cast is a real who’s who of British acting talent, with Toby Jones heading up the show as Verloc and Vicky McClure playing his wife Winnie.
To round out the top of the call sheet, Stephen Graham joins them as the police Chief Inspector Heat.
Unforgivable will air on BBC iPlayer at 6am on Thursday 24th July and BBC Two at 9pm that evening.
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