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Based on
  
Operation Yewtree

Country of origin
  
United Kingdom

Final episode date
  
11 October 2016

Written by
  
Jack Thorne

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Genre
  
Drama

Directed by
  
Marc Munden

First episode date
  
20 September 2016

Network
  
Channel 4

Director
  
Marc Munden

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Starring
  
Robbie Coltrane Julie Walters Tim McInnerny Andrea Riseborough

Composer(s)
  
Cristobal Tapia de Veer

Similar
  
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National Treasure is a four-part 2016 British television drama by Channel 4, written by Jack Thorne.

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It stars Robbie Coltrane as Paul Finchley, a television comedian accused of raping a 15-year-old girl several years earlier. Julie Walters plays his wife Marie, and Andrea Riseborough plays his daughter Dee.

The drama is inspired by Operation Yewtree, a police operation that resulted in the prosecution of a number of veteran TV performers.

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Cast

  • Robbie Coltrane as Paul Finchley
  • Julie Walters as Marie Finchley (Finchley's wife)
  • Andrea Riseborough as Danielle "Dee" Finchley (Finchley's daughter)
  • Tim McInnerny as Sir Karl Jenkins (Finchley's comedy partner)
  • Babou Ceesay as Jerome Sharpe (Finchley's solicitor)
  • Mark Lewis Jones as Gerry (investigator)
  • Nadine Marshall as DI Palmer
  • Kate Hardie as Rebecca Thornton (alleged rape victim)
  • Susan Lynch as Christina Farnborough (former babysitter)
  • Graeme Hawley as Dan
  • Cara Barton as Young Dee Finchley
  • William Wright-Neblett as Billy (Dee's son)
  • Trystan Gravelle as Young Paul Finchley
  • Lucy Speed as Young Marie Finchley
  • Kerry Fox as Zoe Darwin (Finchley's barrister)
  • Renaee-Mya Warden as Frances
  • Jeremy Swift as Simon
  • Rosalind Eleazar as Georgina
  • Ed Eales White as Young Karl Jenkins
  • Sarah Middleton as Young Rebecca Thornton
  • Ruby Ashbourne Serkis as Young Christina Farnborough
  • Vivienne Bell as Stella
  • David Fleeshman as Judge
  • Sam Hoare as Tom
  • Ben Lloyd-Hughes as Freddie
  • Ronnie Fox as Taxi Driver
  • Vicki Hackett as Receptionist
  • Ian Puleston-Davies as Leo
  • Johann Myers as Dave
  • Catherine Breeze as Nurse
  • Darren Boyd as Hamish
  • Lee Mack as Himself
  • Robert Webb as Himself
  • Alan Carr as Himself
  • Frank Skinner as Himself
  • Victoria Derbyshire as Herself

    • Episode 1

  • Air date 20 September 2016
  • After an awards ceremony, veteran comedian Paul Finchley is arrested on suspicion of raping Rebecca Thornton in 1993. This has a hard impact on him and his family. His Catholic wife, Marie, is horrified and his drug addict daughter, Dee, cannot take it in. Paul's life goes into a downward spiral as he is dropped from his presenting duties and to make matters worse, he faces more charges as more women come forward, including an under-age victim.

    • Episode 2

  • Air date 27 September 2016
  • Dee begins to wonder if her father, Paul, was abusing her as a child. She attempts to confront her former babysitter, Christina, who has formally accused Paul. Flashback sequences show that Christina introduced Dee to drugs. On deciding that Paul is innocent, Dee crashes her car in a suicide attempt.

    • Episode 3

  • Air date 4 October 2016
  • Marie is confronted by Rebecca in the Ladies toilet. She starts questioning Paul's innocence. Paul is advised by his barrister to claim he had consensual sex with Rebecca. Marie starts wondering why she has stayed married to Paul, despite his numerous extra-marital affairs.

    • Episode 4

  • Air date 11 October 2016
  • Marie has sex with Karl, Paul's comedy partner. Paul is cleared of historic rape and sexual assault charges. However, in a twist, viewers learn that Paul was in fact guilty. A flashback sequence confirms that he did have sex with his daughter's under-age babysitter (which is statutory rape) and he raped Rebecca on a television set. Karl was outside the caravan where the rape took place, and overheard Rebecca's screams, however he decides to perjure himself in court, as he fears the ramifications of being associated with a convicted sex offender.After the verdict, it is implied that Marie leaves Paul, and his relationship with Dee seems strained.

    • References

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