The drama also launched on ITVX on Wednesday, December 28 2022 and is still there for viewers to catch up on. Meadows’ This Is England saga told the story of a group of working-class kids growing up together on a Midlands estate – and their messy, painful, joyful lives over almost a decade. It’s on the subject of class and opportunity that McClure lights up, though she’s insistent that she doesn’t “want to wave a flag that makes people think I’ve come from poverty. That’s disrespectful to people that have had a much harder start. Nobody needs to feel sorry for me. I don’t, I had a great upbringing.” Without Sin (ITVX) is a heavyweight thriller cut from the same cloth as Happy Valley and Save Me, so fans of deep-rooted trauma and grief rejoice, if that’s the sort of thing you do. Either way, this Nottingham-based four-parter is a very strong entry to the genre, taut and solid and compelling, and it does not outstay its welcome. Johnny Harris plays mysterious Charles in Without Sin. (Image credit: ITV) Without Sin episode guide

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Your production company has worked on the show, why were you keen to set and film it in your home city of Nottingham? The Nottingham-based drama focuses upon Stella’s life three years on from the death of her teenage daughter and how she is still hostage to her grief. The loss of her beloved only child has created deep divisions in her life, as she struggles on a daily basis to come to terms with what happened. Fisher also talks McClure through the logistics of the D-day operation, and he unearths a series of photographs that reveal more of the story. There is one of Ralph’s boat in training, with a blurry outline of a signaller in view, though it is impossible to tell if it is him or not. Ralph’s flotilla was there to deliver Sherman tanks to the beaches, and there is a series of photographs of them in action. They are aerial photographs, shot from a great height, but to know that Ralph was there, on the boat that he points out in the picture, is very poignant.Bosses have said viewers can expect a new and improved product experience through ITVX as well as more new and exclusive programmes to stream for free than anywhere else. Flagship programming that premiered on the platform's launch included A Spy Among Friends, Tell Me Everything, and The Confessions of Frannie Langton.

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Lorraine added that she also had a similar childhood experience growing up. She said: “It was great, it was exciting, this is the thing about all the adventures that these characters have.” A synopsis for the series reads: "The Nottingham-based drama focuses upon Stella’s life three years on from the death of her daughter and how she is still hostage to her grief. The loss of her beloved only child has created deep divisions in her life as she struggles on a daily basis to come to terms with this.

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Without Sin airs on ITV1 at 9pm, Monday 15th to Thursday 18th May, while the full series is available to stream now on ITVX. For more news, interviews and features, visit our Drama hub, or find something to watch now with our TV Guide and Streaming Guide. In the early 2000s, McClure gave up her agent and did hardly any acting for six years – something she’s now grateful for. “It kept me grounded,” she says, “though if you’d asked me that when I was in that [situation], I’d have been, like, ‘Just give me the work!’” – until, once again, Meadows appeared, this time with the role of a lifetime on offer: Lol in This Is England.