Miniseries · ITV1
Believe Me
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Aimee-Ffion Edwards
Sarah Adams
4 eps
Daniel Mays
John Worboys
4 eps
Laurie Kynaston
Frankie
4 eps
Jordan Bolger
Connor
4 eps
Miriam Petche
Carrie Symonds
3 eps
Aasiya Shah
Laila Mahmood
3 eps
Megan Basham
PC Dawn Bolitho
2 eps
Wilf Scolding
DC Paul Stephens
1 eps
Muhannad Bhaier
Billy Houghton
1 eps
Isabella Brownson
Nell
1 eps
Emily Burnett
Lydia
1 eps
Christos Lawton
Max
1 eps
Ava Hinds-Jones
Georgie
2 eps
Corin Silva
PC Dent
1 eps
Alexa Davies
PC Stephanie Ellis
2 eps
George Somner
PC Daniel Smith
1 eps
Charlie Rix
DS David Groom
1 eps
Ed Eales White
DC James Coldham
2 eps
Steven Webb
Mike Rafter
1 eps
Omar Baroud
Finn
1 eps
Tom Victor
PC Lee Marriott
1 eps
Kae Alexander
Sadie
2 eps
Matti Houghton
Kathy
1 eps
Dan Linney
DS Peter Quinn
1 eps
Dwane Walcott
DC Phillips
1 eps
Owain Arthur
DCI Tim Grattan-Kane
1 eps
Phillipa Dunne
Harriet Wistrich
2 eps
Liam Garrigan
DI David Reid
2 eps
David Fynn
DS Steve Warrilow
2 eps
David Elliot
Gavin
3 eps
Isaura Barbé-Brown
Sally
1 eps
Caitlin Drabble
Martha Reed
1 eps
Roger Ringrose
Bob Oddy
1 eps
Maddie Evans
Lizzie
1 eps
Estella Daniels
Nurse Rachel
2 eps
Amanda Drew
Josephine
1 eps
Jasper Jacob
Mr Justice Penry-Davey
1 eps
Sudha Bhuchar
Salma
3 eps
Kammy Darweish
Latif
3 eps
Jonathan Aris
Jeremy Gold QC
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Believe Me actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Believe Me reads strongest on Serialized, Character Depth and Bingeability.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
The horrific true story of John Worboys, one of the most notorious serial rapists in British history. His modus operandi was to tell women in his cab that he’d won some money and then persistently offer them a glass of champagne, which he’d laced with drugs, and which rendered his victims unconscious. He was convicted in 2009 for sexually assaulting 12 women between 2006 and 2008, with their cases selected from a large number of suspected further victims.
The run
Seasons
1 season · 4 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Miniseries
20264 episodes
4.5IMDbThe horrific true story of John Worboys, one of the most notorious serial rapists in British history. His modus operandi was to tell women in his cab that he’d won some money and then persistently offer them a glass of champagne, which he’d laced with drugs, and which rendered his victims unconscious. He was convicted in 2009 for sexually assaulting 12 women between 2006 and 2008, with their cases selected from a large number of suspected further victims.
Best episode · S01E04 Episode 4
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Jeff PopeExecutive Producer
- Saurabh KakkarExecutive Producer
- Catrin Lewis DefisProducer
Writing
- Jeff PopeWriter
Direction
- Julia FordDirector
Where to watch
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