ITV to air new police drama 'True Crime' from makers of 'The Bill'
Published May 24 2012, 20:32 BST | By Tom Eames
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The series will be ITV1's first daytime drama in four years, and is produced by the makers of The Bill.
It will comprise 20 hour-long episodes, and will be recorded at The Bill's former home at Wimbledon Studios. The drama follows two police officers taking on cases inspired by real events.
True Crime is created by former Bill executive Paul Marquess of Newman Street, a newly formed drama division at FremantleMedia UK.
The show will be shot in a documentary style and will also contain footage similar to CCTV for an authentic look.
ITV's director of factual and daytime Alison Sharman said: "It's very confident and sassy, and there's definitely some grit in the oyster.
"We tested the pilot with our viewer panel and we came back with positive responses from younger and older viewers. We know that drama repeats fare well on ITV1 in the afternoon, but there's the opportunity to do something fresh and challenging."
True Crime will air on ITV1 in an afternoon slot later this year.
ITV axed The Bill after 27 years in 2010.
the bill only went weird when they moved it to 9pm and turned into a farce--they should bring it back for def--and also bring back graham cole--on facebook-theres a page bring back the bill-
May 27th 2012 at 8:18am
give a new show a chance b4 slating it and will be better than all drama repeats in 4pm time slot weekdays. the bill was past its best years b4 the 9pm re vamp
May 26th 2012 at 4:55pm
I stopped watching ITV when they stopped airing The Bill, I certainly won't be tuning in to watch this cheaper daytime version of the show which is what True Crime will undoubtedly become. ITV should either bring back The Bill or wallow in their cheap reality shows but don't insult our intelligences that this show will be of the same quality just because it has a few similarities to a great show that spanned 25+ years and enjoyed worldwide.
May 25th 2012 at 4:31pm
in the afternoon???!!!! Why can't this be shown in the evenings!!
Agree with many fo the comments below; just bring back The Bill!!
May 25th 2012 at 4:14pm
or just bring back the Bill!
May 25th 2012 at 12:57pm(+1 like)