800 years of British legal history. 15 years of campaigning to change it. Decades of suffering after the murder of her daughter. England’s Ann Ming, 79, is a force of nature. Now, the four-part ITV drama series I Fought the Law will tell her story and bring it to a broader audience, starting on Sunday, when the show hits U.K. screens.

Written by Jamie Crichton ( All Creatures Great and Small, The Last Kingdom, Grantchester ), starring English actress and singer Sheridan Smith ( Cilla , Mrs Biggs , Gavin & Stacey ) as Ming and produced by Hera Pictures ( What It Feels Like for A Girl , Mary & George, Hamnet ), in association with All3Media International, the series is based on Ming’s book For the Love of Julie , which details her long campaign to overturn the 800-

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