Is Maryland based on a true story?
MARYLAND is a hard-hitting BBC Two drama about the culture of violence against women.
Actresses Hayley Squires and Zawe Ashton lead the cast as two women with the same name.
Is Maryland based on a true story?
Maryland isn't a true story, but is a fictional artistic response to real-life events.
Writer Lucy Kirkwood revealed that it was the "horrific murders" of Sarah Everard and Sabina Nessa, that spurred her on to write the script.
Maryland grapples with the violence women are forced to reckon with in their everyday lives.
The drama focuses on two women called Mary who meet at a police station in the aftermath of their respective sexual assaults.
Guiding them through this world is police constable Moody and his colleague PC Eddowes.
Is Maryland based on a book?
The BBC has adapted Maryland from the play written by Lucy Kirkwood, not a book.
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It was first performed in 2021, in London’s Royal Court Theatre.
Lucy explained that she originally wrote the play as a "howl" against the violence towards women.
She told the BBC: “I wrote the original play as a howl against the way we have normalised violence against women as something to be accommodated by women themselves, rather than protested by all of us.
“I hope the film will give new oxygen to that protest, but I wish it was not still such an urgent conversation.”
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Who is in the cast of Maryland?
This hard-hitting drama has drawn an all star-cast.
Those featuring in the show include:
- Hayley Squires plays the role of Mary - Actress Hayley starred in the Channel 4 drama Adult Material, and the Apple TV+ romance The Essex Serpent.
- Zawe Ashton plays another Mary - Zawe is best known for her lead role in Fresh Meat. She also starred in Wanderlust and The Handmaids Tale.
- Daniel Mays plays PC Moody - Line of Duty fans will know him for playing PS Danny Waldron in the BBC drama. He’s also played police officers in Des, Code 404, and Ashes To Ashes.
- Justine Mitchell plays PC Eddowes - The actress is known for Conversations With Friends.
- Zainab Hasan plays one of the furies - Hasan has done a lot of theatre work, including another of Lucy's plays, The Welkin, and appeared in BBC hospital drama Casualty in 2021
When is Maryland on TV?
Maryland is set to air on BBC Two on Wednesday July 20, 2022.
It will air at the post-watershed time of 10pm.
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Maryland has been adapted into one short 30-minute film, and there is only one episode of the drama.
Viewers can also watch the short-film on .