JOAN
WRITTEN BY
Anna Symon
Helen Black
Matt Jones
Inspired by the book by
Joan Hannington
EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY
Anna Symon
Jenny Van Der Lande
Neil Blair
Richard Laxton
Ruth Kenley-Letts
DIRECTED BY
Richard Laxton
STARRING
Sophie Turner
Frank Dillane
Gershwyn Eustache Jnr.
Kirsty J. Curtis
RUNTIME
6 x 60 Minutes
BROADCAST
ITV (UK)
CW (USA)
Awards
NIC COLLINS – BAFTA TV CRAFT AWARD HAIR & MAKE UP NOMINEE
JOAN – MOST POPULAR NEW DRAMA NTA NOMINEE
SOPHIE TURNER – MOST POPULAR DRAMA PERFORMANCE NTA NOMINEE
Status
Completed
Joan is a bold and brash mother in her twenties, trapped in a catastrophically unsuccessful marriage with a violent criminal named Gary. When Gary’s criminal activities go a step too far and he is forced to go on the run, Joan takes the chance for a new life with her daughter.
The six-part series will follow Joan’s unusual rags to riches story, through different personas, disguises, and high-stakes robberies, to her position as an infamous member of London’s criminal underworld. Nicknamed ‘The Godmother’, Joan balances a series of exhilarating diamond robberies with trying to create a safe home her six-year-old.
The series has been adapted from the memoirs of Joan Hannington by Anna Symon (The Essex Serpent) who met with Joan whilst writing the screenplay.