Anybody's Nightmare

Anybody's Nightmare
Directed by Tristram Powell
Produced by Ken Baker
Sharon Bloom
Written by John Flanagan
Andrew McCulloch
Starring Patricia Routledge
Georgina Sutcliffe
Thomas Arnold
Jean Ainslie
Cinematography Chris O'Dell
Edited by Jamie McCoan
Distributed by Carlton Television
Release date
  • 7 October 2001 (2001-10-07)
Running time
97 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English

Anybody's Nightmare is a 2001 British television film starring Patricia Routledge and Nicola Redmond. It tells the true story of music teacher Sheila Bowler who was wrongly arrested, tried and convicted for the murder of her husband's 89-year-old aunt Florence Jackson in 1993 after she drowned in the river Brede in East Sussex in 1992. The film chronicles the investigation, trial and the subsequent four years of Sheila's sentence in Holloway and Bullwood Prison before her successful appeal in 1998.[1]

Synopsis

The film depicts Sheila Bowler's wrongful conviction and imprisonment for murdering her elderly aunt, and her son and daughters quest for justice, and her eventual acquittal.

Broadcast

Anybody's Nightmare was broadcast on the ITV network on 7 October 2001 and was watched by 9.11 million viewers. The film is frequently broadcast on UK satellite and cable channels True Movies 1 and True Movies 2, with occasional broadcast on True Entertainment.

References

  1. Carlton makes film of Sheila Bowler case, Broadcast Now, 1 February 2001.
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