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.

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

Yes! The new ITV series is inspired by the true story of Joan Hannington, who came to be known as 'The Godmother' and was one of Britain's most notorious jewel thieves at the time.

In her memoir of her life as a diamond thief, Joan Hannington writes: “The moral of the story is, whatever life throws at you, whatever your background, class, race or religion, if you want to succeed,

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

The actress Sophie Turner turned heads at the premiere of her new ITV series, Joan, wearing a duo of Louis Vuitton outfits, both of which featured amazing wide-brimmed hats. The looks were a nod to her on-screen character Joan Hannington,