F ive years after being crowned Queen of the North, Sophie Turner is back on TV playing another desperate woman pushed to her limits by men and misfortune. But while Sansa Stark w

Based on Joan Hannington’s memoir, “I Am What I Am: The True Story of Britain’s Most Notorious Jewel Thief,” the show first premiered on ITV in the UK in September. In America, it premieres Oct. 2 on the CW (9 p.m.) and on Dec. 5 on BritBox.

The new six-part ITV drama Joan is inspired by the memoir of the real-life Joan Hannington, who labelled herself "Britain's most notorious diamond thief". Sophie Turner plays Joan in the new drama and spent time with the real Hannington before the cameras started rolling, having read her memoir several times to get into character.

A venture of ITV and The CW, Sophie Turner’s ‘Joan’ follows the remarkable true story of a woman named Joan Hannington. Set in the 1980s, the story takes us through the many ups and downs in her life,

A new series on The CW tells the true story of Joan Hannington, one of Britain’s most well-known jewel thieves in the 1980s.

ITV will air its new drama Joan this week - here's the true story behind Sophie Turner's character Joan Hannington

The latest ITV crime drama to take over our evenings is Joan, which sees Sophie Turner as notorious jewel thief Joan Hannington and follows her character’s journey from mother and housewife to becoming one of the biggest figures in London’s 1980s criminal underworld.