Doing Money
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| genre = Crime drama
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| based_on = {{Based on|Slave|Jason Johnson}}
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| writer = Gwyneth Hughes
| director = Lynsey Miller
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| starring = {{Plainlist|
- Anca Dumitra
- Allen Leech
- Karen Hassan
- Alec Secăreanu
- Mãlina Manovici
- Cosmina Stratan
- Dragoș Bucur
- Sergiu Costache
- Alina Şerban
- Voica Oltean
- Turlough Convery
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| country = Ireland
| language = English
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| num_episodes = 1
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- Alex Cooke
- Lucy Richer
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| producer = Mike Dormer
| cinematography = Neus Ollé
| editor = Kristina Hetherington
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| runtime = 90 minutes
| company = Renegade Pictures
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| first_aired = {{start date|2018|11|5|df=yes}}
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Doing Money is a British television crime drama, written by Gwyneth Hughes and directed by Lynsey Miller, that was first broadcast on BBC Two on 5 November 2018. Focusing on the subject of modern slavery in the sex trade, the film, starring Anca Dumitra and Allen Leech,{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/08/bbc-doing-money-gwyneth-hughes-1202455182/|title=BBC Orders Modern Slavery Drama 'Doing Money' From 'The Girl's & 'Vanity Fair's Gwyneth Hughes|first=Peter|last=White|date=31 August 2018|accessdate=7 November 2018}} is based upon the novel Slave by Jason Johnson, published on 3 May 2018.{{cite book |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1785038982/ref=ox_sc_saved_image_4?smid=A7CL6GT0UVQKS&psc=1 |isbn=978-1785038983|title=Slave |author1=Anna |last2=Johnson |first2=Jason |year=2018 }}
Synopsis
The film documents the story of 'Ana', a Romanian student training to be a nurse who is kidnapped in broad daylight from the streets of London and ordered to work as a prostitute in a number of brothels in Ireland and Northern Ireland. Casting for the film was announced in August 2018.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2018/doing-money-casting|title=BBC Two announces the cast for Doing Money, a shocking true story about modern slavery in Britain |work=BBC Press Office |first= |last= |date=31 August 2018 |accessdate=7 November 2018}} The film was broadcast as part of the BBC's Why Slavery? season, to coincide with International Anti Slavery Day.{{cite web |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2018-11-05/doing-money-review-bbc-2-modern-slavery-gwyneth-hughes/|title=Gwyneth Hughes' modern slavery drama Doing Money is almost too tough to watch |work=Radio Times |first=Alison |last=Graham |date=5 November 2018|accessdate=7 November 2018}}
Casting
Anca Dumitra said of her role as Ana; “Ana is a truly remarkable person, someone who has survived endless abuse with courage and determination, a real-life hero. I have been deeply moved by her story and it’s an honour to play her in Doing Money. This is a story that needs to be seen.”
Allen Leech added; “I’m delighted to be part of telling this moving and important true story. Doing Money, Ana’s experience, shines a light on the shocking truth of human trafficking and slavery in Britain. DI Dougie Grant was one of the key officers at the centre of the original investigation. It’s a real privilege to play him.”
Cast
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- Anca Dumitra as Ana
- Cosmina Stratan as Ancuta Schwarz
- Tom Glynn-Carney as Sean
- Voica Oltean as Skinny
- Alina Ioana Şerban as Lily
- Dragoș Bucur as Ionut Ilie
- Alec Secăreanu as Luca
- Turlough Convery as Declan
- Karen Hassan as DC Rachel Miskelly
- Jonathan Harden as DC Liam Partridge
- Allen Leech as DI Dougie Grant
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Reception
Alison Graham of the Radio Times wrote; "After watching Gwyneth Hughes’s fact-based drama Doing Money, I went home stifled by a cloud of misery that couldn’t be dispersed, even by the repeats of ancient Big Bang Theories I watched long into the evening just to try to flush the horror from my system. I found Doing Money so overwhelming – the true story of Ana, a young Romanian woman working as a cleaner in Britain who was abducted by a trafficking gang from a street in Wood Green London and forced into sex slavery. I was harrowed as she was repeatedly brutalised into submission by a series of men who treated her savagely."
Viewers described the film as "horrific", "disturbing", "harrowing" and "heartbreaking."{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2018-11-06/doing-money-bbc2-reaction/|title=Viewers left harrowed by BBC2's "brutal" modern slavery drama Doing Money}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|tt8359636}}
{{Gwyneth Hughes}}
Category:2010s British crime television series
Category:2010s British drama television series
Category:BBC high definition shows
Category:BBC television dramas
Category:British crime drama television series
Category:British English-language television shows