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Monday/Rāhina September 30

Drama: JOAN

Picked early on by the as a potential 2024 “banger” and also “a whole lot ofand turned her pen to Joan Hannington’s 2004 memoir It’s a ripper of a tale, in which Joan leaves behind a violent marriage to professional crook Boisie Hannington (Frank Dillane, son of Stephen) and rises from petty crim to “highly talented diamond thief and criminal mastermind”. Such was her success, she became known as The Godmother. Sophie Turner transforms into Joan, sporting a number of disguises and a good deal of 80s fashion.

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