I couldn’t say no to the king and i

TV WEEK: 30 AUGUST-5 SEPTEMBER

THE INSIDE STORY

The BAFTA-winning star on the new true-life drama I Fought the Law… This heartbreaking and inspiring four-parter tells the story of Ann Ming, whose life changed forever following the brutal murder of

Spending time in the garden helped me to play the Queen in The Crown. I would go out there with the dog, trying to speak like her. Jim [Imelda’s husband and Downton Abbey actor Jim Carter] saw me and

Sheridan Smith returns to our screens this Autumn in a heartbreaking real-life drama

For her latest role, Sheridan Smith is playing Ann Ming, the indefatigable woman who, after her daughter’s murder, fought to get an 800-year-old law overturned – and won