ITV will air its new drama Joan this week - here's the true story behind Sophie Turner's character Joan Hannington

The new six-part ITV drama Joan is inspired by the memoir of the real-life Joan Hannington, who labelled herself "Britain's most notorious diamond thief". Sophie Turner plays Joan in the new drama and spent time with the real Hannington before the cameras started rolling, having read her memoir several times to get into character.

For all its Eighties tunes, wigs and diamonds, ITV’s new drama about jewel thief Joan Hannington is middle-of-the-road, unable to move its anti-heroine beyond ‘victim’ and ‘girl boss’ templates

As the series unfolds, viewers will watch Joan's criminal exploits, with an array of disguises and plots aimed at securing a stable future for herself and her daughter.

Sophie Turner returns to the small screen with a sparkle in "Joan," a new drama about a jewellery thief so prolific she became known as "the Godmother" in Britain's criminal underworld. But despite her aptitude for pilfering wigs,

The Game of Thrones actress isn’t playing the victim any more. She talks motherhood, misogyny and why stepping into the shoes of a diamond-swallowing crime boss proved irresistible

Actor Sophie Turner makes her return to the small screen with quite a meaty role in Joan. The British drama is about a jewellery thief, who was so prolific that she became known as "the Godmother" in Britain's criminal underworld.

This is all you need to know about Joan on ITV - full cast list including Sophie Turner, plot, trailer, when it's on TV and if it's based on a true story.

Synopsis. Sophie Turner (Games of Thrones) plays criminal mastermind Joan in this 6-part drama for ITVX, based on the real-life exploits of the UK’s most successful