Urban Myths The Trial of Joan Collins (Season 3, Episode 3)
TV Episode | 44 min | Adventure, Biography, Comedy

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Urban Myths

The Trial of Joan Collins (Season 3, Episode 3)

TV Episode | 44 min | Adventure, Biography, Comedy

The film will cover Collins' extraordinary real-life 1996 court case with publishers Random House, who had paid her a whopping advance for a novel, only to claim that her submitted manuscript was "unreadable".

Director

Elliot Hegarty

Writers

Andrew Dawson (as Dawson Bros.) | Steve Dawson (as Dawson Bros.) | Tim Inman (as Dawson Bros.) | David Walliams

Producers

Joanna Hanley | Ben Worsfield

Composer

Ian Arber

Cinematographer

Oliver Curtis

Editor

Christian Sandino-Taylor

Casting Directors

John Cannon | Julia Crampsie

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Edit Released

Updated May 1, 2019

Release date

2019 (United Kingdom)

Awards

Series awards

4 nominations

Contacts

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12 cast members

Name	Known for
Victoria Hamilton Joan Collins / Alexis Joan Collins / Alexis See fewer	Mansfield Park (1999)
Tom Hodgkins Director Director See fewer	Hanna (2011)
Kwaku Mills Simon Simon See fewer	Extraordinary (2023)
Haydn Gwynne Joni Evans Joni Evans See fewer	Beauty and the Beast (I) (2017)
Vincenzo Nicoli Alberto Vitale Alberto Vitale See fewer	Alien³ (1992)
David Walliams Monty Monty See fewer	Little Britain (2003)
Dominique Moore Journalist Journalist See fewer	Finding Alice (2021)
Mark Heap Ken Burrows Ken Burrows See fewer	Stardust (2007)
Leo Wringer Judge Judge See fewer	The Moonstone (2016)
Michael Brandon Robert Callagy Robert Callagy See fewer	Episodes (2011)
Maggie Steed Lucianne Goldberg Lucianne Goldberg See fewer	The Painted Veil (2006)
Duncan Wisbey Talk Show Host (voice) Talk Show Host (voice) See fewer	Anna Karenina (I) (2012)