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Murdered for Being Different( 2017)

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Overview

Drama telling the true story of the murder of 20-year-old Sophie Lancaster in 2007, who was kicked to death in a park by a gang. Her boyfriend, Robert Maltby, was also severely beaten and put into a coma. The two of them were attacked because they were dressed as goths.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Abigail Lawrie

      Sophie Lancaster

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      Nico Mirallegro

      Rob Maltby

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      Chanel Cresswell

      DC Steph Farley

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      Sally Lindsay

      Tracey Maltby

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      Sophie McShera

      Mandy Gorman

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      Lewis Brown

      Danny Hulme

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      Dominic Carter

      DC Mark Green

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      Amelia Clarke

      Sam Gorman

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      Chris Coghill

      Dave Maltby

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      Mia Crossley

      Michelle Sturry

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      Kirsty Fanning

      Natalie Morley

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      Macauley Fogarty

      Jo Hulme

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      Jodi Grensinger

      Alyssa Bean

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      Callum Harrison

      Danny Mallett

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      Jason Milligan

      DI Dean Holden

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      Connor Mullan

      Ryan 'Peanut' Herbert

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      Gino Nicholson

      Steven Thorner

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      Ezra Dent-Watson

      Brendan Harris

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      Reiss Jarvis

      Michel Gorman

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    Review 1Discussion

    A review by John Chard

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    Written by John Chard on Tue Oct 17 2017
    Sophie Lancaster - Lest Anyone Forgets. Bacup, Rossendale, Lancashire on 11 August 2007, and Sophie Lancaster and her boyfriend Robert Maltby were set upon by a pack of feral thugs - their crime was to be different, to dress differently from their attackers. The attack left both Sophie and Robert in comas, Sophie would never wake up, murdered for being different. This BBC film tells the story. Back in the dead part of 1970s Great Britain, I was a Punk Rocker, something that to many was akin to being the Devil's spawn. So much so a car swerved to try and hit me one day as I crossed the roa...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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