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Fearless

★ 7.5 6K votes 2017–2017 1 season · 6 episodes Ended ITV1
Political intriguePower struggles inside governments and institutions.This show: 8/10British TVThe British television sensibility: tone, restraint and format traditions.This show: 8/10Tight limited runA compact, complete story told in just a few episodes.This show: 8/10SerializedContinuous arcs where every episode builds on the last.This show: 8/10Secrets & liesHidden truths straining every relationship.This show: 8/10LegalCourtrooms, lawyers and the machinery of the law.This show: 7/10Strong female leadA complex woman drives the story.This show: 7/10TenseSustained suspense and pressure from start to finish.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Brooke HaynesHelen McCrorySam SwainsburyJonathan ForbesWunmi MosakuKarima McAdams
Written by
Patrick Harbinson
Starring
Brooke HaynesHelen McCrorySam SwainsburyJonathan ForbesWunmi MosakuKarima McAdams
Written by
Patrick Harbinson
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
075150225300

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About

"A quiet conspiracy thriller about institutional cover-ups"

A tenacious defense lawyer reopens the case of a man convicted of murder years earlier, convinced he's innocent. As she digs, small inconsistencies snowball into something far larger, pointing toward intelligence agencies and a cover-up nobody wants exposed. It's a slow-burn conspiracy thriller more interested in institutional rot than courtroom fireworks, carried by a magnetic central performance and a persistent sense of paranoia. The pace is deliberate, favoring atmosphere and dread over twists-per-minute, and it rewards patience with a genuinely unsettling picture of how power protects itself.

Watch it for

the lead performance anchoring a slow-building conspiracy that feels unnervingly plausible.

Maybe skip if

you want fast-paced courtroom drama rather than a patient, paranoid slow burn.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Miniseries2017
7.81K64h 35m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Episode #1.17.6
25146 min
▶2Episode #1.27.8
21846 min
▶3Episode #1.37.7
20347 min
▶4Episode #1.47.9
19146 min
▶5Episode #1.58.0
18845 min
▶6Episode #1.68.0
19845 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Brooke Haynes Emma Age 6, Emma, Age 6, Emma, aged 6
Helen McCrory Emma Banville
Sam Swainsbury Kevin Russell
Jonathan Forbes Dominic Truelove
Wunmi Mosaku Olivia Greenwood
Karima McAdams Miriam Attar
Robin Weigert Heather Myles
Jack Hollington Jason Peterson
Anna Berentzen Young Emma
Rebecca Browning-Callard Annie Peterson

Crew

Patrick Harbinson

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