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Sarah Lancashire (Cherished, All The Small Things) and Ian Hart (Father & Son, Dirt) lead the cast in Five Daughters, a three-part drama serial for Â鶹Éç One by acclaimed writer Stephen Butchard (House Of Saddam, Vincent).

A sensitive portrait of events surrounding the discovery of five young women tragically murdered in Ipswich in 2006, Five Daughters is made with the full co-operation of Suffolk Police and other agencies involved in the case, as well as following the inside story of the police investigation.

Cast list also includes: Jaime Winstone (Bullet Boy, Phoo Action), Eva Birthistle (Last Enemy, State Within), Natalie Press (Bleak House), Juliet Aubrey (Primeval, Criminal Justice), Aisling Loftus (Dive), Kate Dickie (He Kills Coppers), Al Weaver (Five Days, Me And Orson Welles), David Bradley (Harry Potter), Lisa Millet (No Angels), Ruth Negga (Criminal Justice), Kierston Wareing (It's A Free World), Anton Lesser (Little Dorrit, Casualty); Sean Harris (Red Riding) and Joseph Mawle (The Street, Freefall, Soundproof).

Writer Stephen Butchard says: "These five young women, precious to their families, had heart, ambition and potential; until an event or events, one wrong turn, one chance meeting led them into the world of heroin and crack.

"Their dependency on these drugs facilitated their easy exploitation and led them to the street. Our hope is that this drama provides a glimpse of the real girls their families knew."

Five Daughters was commissioned by Jay Hunt, Controller, Â鶹Éç One and Ben Stephenson, Controller Â鶹Éç Drama Commissioning.

A Â鶹Éç Drama Production for Â鶹Éç One, Five Daughters is directed by Philippa Lowthorpe (The Other Boleyn Girl). The producer is Simon Lewis (My Family And Other Animals) and Executive Producer is Susan Hogg (Survivors, Larkrise To Candleford).

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