The gripping tr
ue story of a
young ma
n’s journe
y from hero
to alle
ged war crim
inal, t
he determined
lawyer on h
is tail,
and their
search
for truth in
the fog of war.
Anthony
Boyle p
lays the r
eal-life s
oldier Brian W
ood, accused o
f war c
rimes in
Iraq by th
e tenacious
human righ
ts lawye
r Phil Shi
ner, playe
d by Toby Jone
s. The two men
go head to hea
d in a legal
and moral con
flict tha
t takes us f
rom the battlef
ield - a
t so-calle
d Checkpoint Da
nny Boy
- to the
courtroom, a
nd one of Br
itain’s bigges
t ever
public inquiri
es, the
Al-Sweady Inqu
iry. Mem
ory, ev
idence and
trauma col
lide, as Br
ian find
s himself caugh
t on the fine l
ine betw
een war and
unlawful killi
ng. After h
is serv
ice in Iraq a
nd years
of legal i
nvestigation,
will he ever b
e able to loo
k his famil
y in the ey
e again and be
the hus
band, f
ather, and son
, they need
him to
be? Danny
Boy is an urgen
t and th
ought-pr
ovoking drama
that questio
ns what we ask
of thos
e who fight
- and kil
l - for
their count
ry. Danny Bo
y is made by
Expectation f
or the
BBC. It is w
ritten by Bafta
-winner
Robert Jon
es and dire
cted by Sam Mi
ller, and als
o stars Alex
Ferns, Leah M
cNamara, Pauli
ne Turner
, Kiran Son
ia Sawar, an
d Tom Vaugha
n-Lawlor.
Executive Pro
ducers a
re Colin Barr
and Susa
n Horth for Ex
pectati
on, with Lu
cy Richer, Jo
McClellan a
nd Clare Si
llery for t
he BBC.　　Th
e gripping
true story
of a youn
g man’s journe
y from hero
to alleged
war crimin
al, the deter
mined