The grip
ping true
story of a yo
ung man’s jour
ney from hero t
o alleged
war criminal,
the determin
ed lawyer on h
is tail, a
nd their search
for tr
uth in the fo
g of war. Ant
hony Boyle
plays th
e real-life sol
dier Bri
an Wood, ac
cused of
war cr
imes in Iraq b
y the te
nacious hum
an rights
lawyer Phil S
hiner,
played by
Toby Jone
s. The two men
go head to h
ead in a leg
al and mora
l conflic
t that ta
kes us
from the
battlefi
eld - at so-
called Check
point Danny
Boy - t
o the courtr
oom, and one
of Britai
n’s bigg
est ever
public i
nquiries, th
e Al-Sweady Inq
uiry. Memory,
evidence and
trauma
collide, a
s Brian find
s himself cau
ght on
the fin
e line bet
ween war and
unlawful
killing.
After h
is service in
Iraq an
d years
of legal
investigation,
will he eve
r be able to lo
ok his fa
mily in the
eye again an
d be the h
usband,
father, and
son, they
need him to
be? Danny B
oy is an urgen
t and thought
-provoking dr
ama that
questions w
hat we ask of
those
who fight
- and k
ill - fo
r their
country. Dann
y Boy is
made by
Expecta
tion for the B
BC. It is wri
tten by Bafta-w
inner Ro
bert Jones and
directed by
Sam Miller, a
nd also
stars A
lex Ferns
, Leah McNama
ra, Pau
line Turn
er, Kiran
Sonia Sawar,
and Tom V
aughan-L
awlor. Execu
tive Prod
ucers are Colin
Barr and Susa
n Horth fo
r Expect
ation,
with Lucy Ric
her, Jo McC
lellan an
d Clare Sille
ry for the
BBC.　　The grip
ping true
story o
f a young man’s
journey from
hero to alleg
ed war cri
minal, the
determin
ed