{"id":23817,"date":"2022-10-14T13:51:04","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T11:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1722181"},"modified":"2022-10-14T14:28:14","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T12:28:14","slug":"vardy-v-rooney-release-date-cast-and-latest-news-for-channel-4-drama","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/vardy-v-rooney-release-date-cast-and-latest-news-for-channel-4-drama\/","title":{"rendered":"Vardy v Rooney: Release date, cast and latest news for Channel 4 drama"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Naomi Gordon\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 14 October 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Channel 4 has confirmed the cast for its two-part dramatisation of the 2022 High Court battle between Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney \u2013 AKA the famous case of \u2018Wagatha Christie\u2019.<\/p>\n

Good Omens<\/a> actor Michael Sheen will play Coleen Rooney\u2019s high profile barrister David Sherborne, while BAFTA-winning actress Chanel Cresswell (This is England) takes on the role of Coleen Rooney.<\/p>\n

Natalia Tena (Game of Thrones<\/a>) will star opposite as fellow \u2018wag\u2019 Rebekah Vardy, and and Simon Coury (The Professor and the Madman) will play her barrister, Hugh Tomlinson QC (now KC).<\/p>\n

Wayne Rooney will be played by Dion Lloyd and Jamie Vardy is played by M\u00e1rton Nagyszokolyai.<\/p>\n

The two-part drama is set to explore the dramatic events that unfolded when Vardy sued Rooney for libel in June 2020, after Rooney alleged that Vardy\u2019s Instagram account had been the only one capable of leaking fake stories from Rooney\u2019s private social media to the tabloids.<\/p>\n

Vardy strongly denied leaking fake stories to the media, but the judge ruled in Rooney\u2019s favour.<\/p>\n

The High Court case took place earlier this year, with the drama showing how it had a huge impact on the lives of the two women and catapulted their legal teams into the spotlight.<\/p>\n

Read on for more details about the two-parter below\u2026<\/p>\n

Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama release date<\/strong><\/h2>\n

There\u2019s no official air date for Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama just yet, but Channel 4 has confirmed that it will arrive later this year.<\/p>\n

Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama plot<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u2018Wagatha Christie\u2019 was coined and soon began trending on Twitter in 2019 when Coleen Rooney alleged on social media that Rebekah Vardy\u2019s Instagram account had been the only one capable of leaking stories that Coleen had faked on her private Instagram Story to the press.<\/p>\n

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Coleen and Wayne Rooney during \u2018Wagatha Christie\u201d trial.<\/span><\/figcaption> Wiktor Szymanowicz\/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

The two-part film recreates the highly-publicised High Court defamation case that followed, \u201ca case that had a huge impact on the lives of the two women at its heart and catapulted the two sparring legal teams into the spotlight, where much like Rooney and Vardy, their every move in the courtroom was dissected and scrutinised in the press\u201d, Channel 4 said.<\/p>\n

The series is created from real court transcripts, bringing viewers all of the unbelievable moments that kept the public and media gripped.<\/p>\n

Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama cast<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The series boasts a star-studded cast, including Michael Sheen as\u00a0Coleen Rooney\u2019s high profile barrister David Sherborne and Chanel Cresswell as Coleen herself.<\/p>\n

The current cast list is as follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n