The grippin
g true
story of
a young man
’s journe
y from hero
to alleged
war crimin
al, the de
termined lawyer
on his
tail, an
d their search
for truth
in the fog of w
ar. Anthony
Boyle plays th
e real-lif
e soldier B
rian Wo
od, accused
of war crimes
in Iraq by t
he tenaciou
s human rights
lawyer
Phil Shi
ner, play
ed by Toby Jone
s. The two men
go head to
head in a lega
l and mo
ral conflict t
hat takes u
s from
the battlefiel
d - at s
o-called C
heckpoi
nt Danny B
oy - to
the courtroom
, and o
ne of Brita
in’s bi
ggest ever
public inquiri
es, th
e Al-Swea
dy Inquiry. Mem
ory, evid
ence and tr
auma col
lide, as Brian
finds hi
mself c
aught on
the fine li
ne between
war and unla
wful killi
ng. After his
service in
Iraq and ye
ars of
legal in
vestiga
tion, will he
ever b
e able to l
ook his f
amily in t
he eye aga
in and be
the hus
band, father,
and so
n, they need
him to be?
Danny Boy is a
n urgent
and thou
ght-provoki
ng drama th
at question
s what we ask o
f those who
fight - and k
ill - for
their co
untry. D
anny Bo
y is mad
e by Expectati
on for th
e BBC.
It is writ
ten by Ba
fta-winner
Robert
Jones and dire
cted by Sam Mi
ller, a
nd also
stars Ale
x Ferns, Leah
McNamar
a, Pauline
Turner,
Kiran Sonia S
awar, an
d Tom Vau
ghan-Lawlor
. Executive Pro
ducers are C
olin Barr
and Susan
Horth for Exp
ectation,
with Lucy
Richer, Jo McC
lellan and
Clare Si
llery for the
BBC.　　The
gripping
true story of
a young
man’s journ
ey from hero
to alleg
ed war cri
minal, th
e determined