The Walk-In (TV series)

The Walk-In is a five-part 2022 British true crime television series dramatising the infiltration of far-right terrorist group National Action, foiling a plot to murder an MP. It stars Stephen Graham.

Synopsis

The series is based on the true story of how Matthew Collins of activist group Hope not Hate infiltrated British neo-nazi terrorist group National Action, foiling a plot to assassinate Labour MP Rosie Cooper.

Jack Renshaw was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for his plan to kill Cooper.

Production

The series, made by ITV Studios, was written by Jeff Pope and directed by Paul Andrew Williams for ITV.

Cast

• Stephen Graham as Matthew Collins
• Andrew Ellis as Robbie Mullen, the informant
• Dean-Charles Chapman as Jack Renshaw
• Leanne Best as Alison, Matthew's wife
• Jason Flemyng as Nick Lowles, chief executive of Hope Not Hate

Release

The Walk-In aired on ITV from 3 October 2022.

The documentary Nazi Hunters: The Real Walk-In was broadcast after the final episode.

Critical reception

The Walk In was well received in the press with The Guardian, The Independent, and the Evening Standard all giving it four stars out of five. Lucy Mangan, writing in The Guardian, described it as “one of the best TV investments you can make”.

Cooper was critical of the marketing of the show, saying that she felt that she had been used as a "marketing tool" by Hope Not Hate and ITV.

References

External links

• IMDB profile
• ITV Hub