Honour

It was almost 15 years ago that writer Hughes saw Banaz Mahmod’s face in the newspaper, a victim of a so-called honour killing.

In 2006, Mahmod was raped and murdered in a plot initiated by her own father and uncle, for falling in love with a man her family hadn’t chosen, following a divorce from her violent husband 10 years her senior.

For Hughes, after watching the documentary Banaz: A Love Story, she knew she needed to turn the story into a drama.

Honour

Monday 28^th September, Tuesday 29^th September

ITV, 9pm

ITV adds to their slate of gripping dramas with the brand-new crime procedural Honour, starring Keeley Hawes (Bodyguard).

The series follows the true story of the murder of 20-year-old Londoner Banaz Mahmod in 2006.

Des

True crime drama Des unveils the life of one of the most infamous criminal cases in UK history, involving Des Nilsen (David Tennant), also known as the ‘kindly killer’.