National Treasure (British TV series)
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National Treasure is a four-part 2016 British television drama by Channel 4, written by Jack Thorne.[1] It stars Robbie Coltrane as Paul Finchley, a once successful comedian of the 1980s and early 1990s, now hosting a television quiz show. He is accused of raping several young women in the early 1990s. Julie Walters plays his wife Marie and Andrea Riseborough plays his daughter Dee.
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Genre | Drama |
Based on | Operation Yewtree |
Written by | Jack Thorne |
Directed by | Marc Munden |
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Composer | Cristobal Tapia de Veer |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 4 (list of episodes) |
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Producer | John Chapman |
Production locations | |
Production company | The Forge |
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Network | Channel 4 |
Release | 20 September (2016-09-20) ā 11 October 2016 (2016-10-11) |
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The drama is inspired by Operation Yewtree, a police operation that resulted in the prosecution of a number of veteran TV performers.[2][3] At the 2017 British Academy Television Awards, the series won Best Mini-Series while Coltrane was nominated for Best Actor.[4]