Joan (TV series)

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Joan
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Genre Crime drama
Created byAnna Symon
Based onI Am What I Am: The True Story of Britain’s Most Notorious Jewel Thief
by Joan Hannington
Written by
Directed by Richard Laxton
Starring
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producers
  • Ruth Kenley-Letts
  • Jenny Van Der Lande
  • Neil Blair
  • Richard Laxton
ProducerPaul Frift
Production companies
Original release
Network
Release29 September (2024-09-29) –
14 October 2024 (2024-10-14)

Joan is a British crime drama television miniseries created by Anna Symon for ITV. Sophie Turner plays real-life character Joan Hannington, a figure known as "the Godmother" by certain aspects of the British criminal underworld. Paul Frift serves as producer and the series is directed by Richard Laxton.

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Synopsis

The series features Hannington's journey from housewife and mother to petty offender, diamond thief and criminal mastermind in 1980s London. [1]

Cast

Production

The six-part series was announced in November 2022 with Sophie Turner cast as Joan Hannington. It was created by Anna Symon, adapting from Hannington's 2002 memoir I Am What I Am: The True Story of Britain's Most Notorious Jewel Thief, with the pair meeting as Symon was writing the series. [2] The project comes from Snowed-In Productions [3] and is co-produced in association with All3Media International  – who handled distribution of the show outside the United Kingdom –and the CW  –which aired it in the United States. [4] The series was picked up to air in Canada by CBC Gem, where it released all six episodes on 11 October 2024.

Casting

Frank Dillane was revealed to be joining the cast in May 2023. [5] In an early scene in which Dillane's character first meets Joan, the bartender is played by Joan Hannington's real life son Benny. [6]

Filming

Filming for the series began in May 2023 in Herne Bay, Kent. [7] Filming also took place that month in Walsall and Birmingham, England. [8] Filming also took place in August 2023 in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, and in September 2023 in Malvern, Worcestershire, with other filming locations in the Jewellery Quarter and Chillington Hall, Wolverhampton. [9]

Broadcast

The series premiered in the United Kingdom on ITV1 and on its streaming service ITVX, on 29 September 2024. [10] In Scotland it was broadcast on STV and made available on STV Player. It premiered in the United States on The CW on 2 October 2024, as a part of its 2024–25 television season. In Bulgaria, it premiered on 28 October 2024 on Epic Drama. [11] [12] [13]

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateU.K. viewers
(millions)
1"1.1" Richard Laxton Anna Symon29 September 2024 (2024-09-29)4.14
2"1.2"Richard LaxtonAnna Symon30 September 2024 (2024-09-30)3.80
3"1.3"Richard LaxtonAnna Symon6 October 2024 (2024-10-06)3.99
4"1.4"Richard Laxton Helen Black 7 October 2024 (2024-10-07)3.80
5"1.5"Richard LaxtonAnna Symon13 October 2024 (2024-10-13)4.30
6"1.6"Richard LaxtonAnna Symon14 October 2024 (2024-10-14)4.18

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the series has an 87.5% approval rating with an average rating of 6.9/10, based on 13 critic reviews. The website's critic consensus states, "Sophie Turner shines like a diamond in Joan, a stylish crime drama that pays dividends with its 1980s period detail and feminist edge." [14] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 65 out of 100 based on 11 critics, indicating "generally favourable" reviews. [15]

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