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Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama is an upcoming Channel 4 two-part courtroom drama based on the Wagatha Christie events and subsequent high-profile court case.[1]

Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama
Genre	Courtroom drama
Written by	Chris Atkins
Directed by	Oonagh Kearney
Starring	Natalia Tena Chanel Cresswell Michael Sheen Simon Coury Dion Lloyd Marci Nagyszokolyai
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of episodes	2
Production
Executive producer	Tom Popay
Production company	Chalkboard
Distributor	Channel 4
Release
Original network	Channel 4 (UK)

Premise

The mini series will recreate the UK High Court defamation case between the two figures Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney from 2022 with the focus on the opposing legal teams. The case arose after Rooney accused Vardy of leaking posts from her private Instagram account to the Sun newspaper resulting in Vardy suing Rooney for libel.[2][3]

Cast

• Natalia Tena as Rebekah Vardy
• Chanel Cresswell as Coleen Rooney
• Michael Sheen as barrister David Sherborne
• Simon Coury as barrister Hugh Tomlinson
• Dion Lloyd as footballer Wayne Rooney
• Marci Nagyszokolyai as footballer Jamie Vardy

Production

In July 2022 it was announced that Channel 4 would produce a 2-part drama based on the events of the high-profile trial. Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama, directed by Oonagh Kearney, which would recreate courtroom scenes using verbatim court transcripts against analysis from the media.[4]

Release

The series will air late 2022 on Channel 4 in the UK.

References

External links

• Wagatha at the Internet Movie Database

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