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Viewers falling over themselves to praise Suranne Jones and Lennie James’s new drama Save Me

To binge or savour?

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Suranne Jones is that rare breed of actor that successfully crosses over from soap, manages to keep mainstream appeal AND gains the critical acclaim from the luvvie crew.

From Scott & Bailey and Vincent to Unforgiven and – of course – Doctor Foster, the former Coronation Street actress hasn’t put a dramatic foot wrong.

Suranne plays a mum tortured by her daughter’s disappearance (Credit: Sky Atlantic)

And she’s thrilling TV audiences again with her latest project – Sky Atlantic’s Save Me.

The six-part drama is from World Productions, the makers of Line of Duty, and was written and created by the monumental talent that is Lennie James, who also plays the lead male role (and who starred in the first series of the aforementioned police drama).

Lennie James created and wrote the drama – as well as starring in it (Credit: Sky Atlantic)

Suranne plays Claire McGory, the mum of 13-year-old girl Jody, who goes missing one day, leaving behind a video saying she’s going to find her dad.

Claire is convinced that Nelson ‘Nelly’ Rowe (Lennie), Jody’s estranged biological father, has abducted her, and he’s hauled in by police for questioning in the first episode.

Teenager Jody has vanished (Credit: Sky Atlantic)

Nelly embarks on a journey to prove his innocence and find the child he doesn’t know.

The drama also features the brilliant Stephen Graham (Little Boy Blue, Taboo).

Stephen plays Melon, one of Nelly’s drinking cronies (Credit: Sky Atlantic)

The cast, in fact the show as a whole, has been very enthusiastically received, with viewers clamouring to pile on the praise on Twitter…

Suranne was due to take a break, after filming Dr Foster’s second series, to spend time with her baby son, but she was gripped by the Save Me script.

“Before this, I spent a lot of time wishing for a really dark, gritty piece,” she told Radio Times. “You have to be careful what you wish for, because then you get it tenfold!”

Just a warning if you are watching the series in the traditional manner – an episode per week as it airs on Sky Atlantic: steady as you go with #SaveMe on Twitter – the whole series is available online, many people couldn’t help but binge watch it, and there are spoilers galore!

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Kaggie Hyland
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