"Believe Me" arrives with a lot more weight than the average true-crime drama. Written by BAFTA winner Jeff Pope, the series tells the story of survivors targeted by John Worboys and the legal battle that followed, focusing on how repeated police failures left women unheard for years before a landmark case challenged the system itself.

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'Believe Me' release date and time

"Believe Me" premieres on Sunday, May 10, 2026, at 9 p.m. BST on ITV1.

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The drama centers on Sarah, Laila and Carrie as their stories move from reporting sexual assaults to confronting institutional failures and, later, fighting to keep Worboys behind bars during a controversial parole process.

Daniel Mays stars as Worboys, with Aimée-Ffion Edwards, Aasiya Shah, Miriam Petche, Philippa Dunne and…