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Believe Me review – ITV drama about the black cab rapist is powerful but can’t help but feel tawdry

The Independent·Nick Hilton·22 days ago
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Between 2000 and 2008, John Worboys , the licensed driver of a London taxi, committed a series of sexual offences against women that created a media frenzy . “The black cab rapist”, as the tabloids dubbed him, was, however, only part of the story. Before the fight for justice had even begun, a number of those women had struggled for something else : recognition. Recognition that they had been assaulted, recognition that it was not their fault, and recognition that their attacker was still at large. This is the struggle at the heart of ITV ’s new four-part drama, Believe Me . Sarah (Aimee-Ffion Edwards) is a young mother on her first night out in ages. After her friends put her in a black cab, sending her home, the driver strikes up a strange conversation: “If you don’t mind me saying, I think you look absolutely gorgeous tonight.” That man is John Worboys (Daniel Mays), a prolific rapist. Sarah is by no means Worboys’ first – or last – victim.…

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