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- ↑ "Wagatha Christie Drama: Channel 4 Casts Its Rebekah Vardy & Coleen Rooney, With Michael Sheen Set To Play Barrister". Deadline. 12 October 2022.
- ↑ "Channel 4's Wagatha Christie Drama Has Found Its Coleen Rooney And Rebekah Vardy". Vogue. 12 October 2022.
- ↑ "Wagatha Christie: Channel 4 to turn Vardy v Rooney libel trial into two-part drama". Evening Standard. 26 July 2022.
- ↑ "Television and Streaming nominations for this year's BPG Awards revealed". Broadcasting Press Guild. 23 February 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
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