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The mother of Stephen Lawrence said today that reliving his murder through the new ITV drama will be 'very difficult', but the next generation need to learn about the impact his death made on Britain. Baroness Doreen Lawrence, 71, was discussing the upcoming ITV drama Stephen, which stars Steve Coogan as DCI Clive Driscoll, joined by Sharlene Whyte and Hugh Quarshie. Her son Stephen was stabbed to death aged 18 on April 22, 1993, in a racist attack in south-east London for which charges against the killers were initially dropped.    DCI Driscoll later put together an investigation that se...

In the four-part thriller, a Northern Ireland police detective hunts a brutal assassin.

When writer Chris Brandon first came up with the idea for Bloodlands five years ago, he never for a moment thought that the end product would be a prime-time series on BBC One. "I think, in my head I was like, I'm gonna make this for a fiver with my best friend," laughs the 39-year-old, who grew up in Strangford. "I'd been working as an actor in London for about 10 years and then I started writing and I've been doing that full-time now for five years." Bloodlands is Chris's first original drama series commission and the first drama from newly-formed production company HTM Television.

Steve Coogan was spotted filming the latest scenes for ITV's new crime drama Stephen, about the 1993 murder of Stephen Lawrence in London on Monday.    The actor, 55, who plays the role of DCI Clive Driscoll in the real life story, was pictured on set in a football kit running out of a police station.  The series, which is a three-part sequel to the 1999 drama The Murder Of Stephen Lawrence, will portray events starting from 2006- 13 years after Stephen's death in a racially motivated attack whilst waiting for a bus in Well Hall Road, Eltham.  Action! Steve Coogan was spotted filming th...

Steve Coogan was pictured on the set of new ITV drama about the murder of Stephen Lawrence for the first time on Monday. The actor, 55, held up a white face mask against his nose and mouth as he stepped out with crew members in Epping High Street for the three-part sequel to the ground-breaking 1999 drama, The Murder Of Stephen Lawrence. Screen star Steve is playing the role of DCI Clive Driscoll - who put together an investigation that secured the convictions of two members of the gang who committed the death of 18-year-old Stephen on the evening of 22 April 1993. Filming gets underway: St...