In the new BritBox drama The Lady, the stories of both Sarah “Fergie” Ferguson, the Duchess of York, and her dresser, Jane Andrews, are examined. Andrews was convicted of murdering her partner, Thomas Cressman, in 2001, and most followers of the British royals know about Ferguson’s story. Can a fictionalized retelling of the Andrews case do both of them justice?
THE LADY: STREAM IT OR SKIP IT?
Opening Shot: “18th September 2000.” We see crime scene investigators in protective suits taking pictures of a murder scene.
The Gist: Entering the scene is DS Smart (Stephanie Street) and DCI Jim Dickie (Philip Glenister), and the victim has been identified as Thomas Cressman (Ed Speleers). Smart tells Dickie that the neighbors reported that Cressman had a live-in girlfriend, Jane Andrews (Mia McKenna-Bruce), but no one’s seen her.
We go back to 1981, when a
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