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UNTIL I KILL YOU. sun to wed ITV 9pm - TV PACE. NO SPOILERS

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Blondeshavemorefun · 28/10/2024 20:47

Until I Kill You sees two of TV's favourite actors come together to portray real life victim and abuser Delia Balmer and John Sweeney in the cast of the ITV drama.

Agency nurse Delia Balmer meets John Sweeney who confesses to killing his ex-girlfriend and attacks her before evading capture;

Balmer rebuilds her life to confront Sweeney seven years later, after he was arrested for another murder.

Ludwig (tvg-frontend-cem4ngzag-digitalbox.vercel.app/streaming-guide/ludwig-series-2-return-series-1-ending-explained-bbc-one-iplayer) star Anna Maxwell portrays Delia, who survived a near-fatal relationship with murderer John Sweeney, played by Shaun Evans.

The new four-part drama airs from Sunday, November 03, to Wednesday, November 06, 2024 at 9pm.

It's followed by the companion documentary Until I Kill You: The Real Story on Thursday, November 07, 2024 at 9pm.

So who is in the cast of Until I Kill You on ITV? Who plays who in the ITV crime drama? Here's everything you need to know...

Actress Anna Maxwell Martin as Delia Balmer in the cast of Until I Kill You (Credit: ITV)
Who plays Delia Balmer in the cast of Until I Kill You?
BAFTA-winning actress Anna Maxwell Martin, 47, portrays real life victim Delia Balmer in the cast of Until I Kill You on ITV.

Of course, Anna is a hugely popular TV actress - and with good reason. She is much loved for her role in Motherland, playing the perpetually harassed mother of two Julia.

Actor Shaun Evans plays John Sweeney in the cast of Until I Kill You.

Like co-star Anna, Shaun is a well known to TV audiences.

The 44-year-old came to fame playing John Paul Keating in the Channel 4 comedy Teachers, opposite Andrew Lincoln and Navin Chowdhry.
Liverpool-born Shaun then went on to appear in Whitechapel, and Silk, before appearing as Glover in series one of Vigil in 2021.

Kevin Doyle portrays David
Downton Abbey actor Kevin Doyle, 64, stars as David, who provides support for Delia throughout the court case against John.

Lincolnshire-born Kevin has been on our TV screens for four decades, and he's been on some of the best TV shows - including The Lakes, Downton Abbey, and Sherwood.

More recently, he's played Fred Rowley in Sherwood (tvg-frontend-cem4ngzag-digitalbox.vercel.app/streaming-guide/sherwood-series-2-ending-explained-recap-ann-branson-fate-tense-finale-episode-six), and Ronnie Browne in Vera.

Actor Steve Edge, 51, plays DS Collins in the cast of Until I Kill You on ITV.

Steve is perhaps most famous for his roles in Benidorm, Scarborough and Phoenix Nights.
He's also well liked as Dom Hayes in The Madame Blanc Mysteries, a role he's played ever since 2021.

Who else appears in the cast of Until I Kill You on ITV?

Matthew Aubrey stars as DC Flynn. The Welsh actor is known for playing Private Davies in Privates, Aled Williams in The Indian Doctor, and Mike Taylor in Keeping Faith.

Finding Alice's Amanda Wilkin plays Leah. She's also starred as Jo in Spent, and Suzie in Am I Being Unreasonable?

Dutch actress Sallie Harmsen stars as Astrid De Vries. She's best known for her roles in Sphinx, Legacy, and Van der Valk.

Lucy Thackeray as WPC Jane Barker. She's played Prue Stanton in Call the Midwife, and Linda in Black Ops.

Laura Morgan as DC Christine Webb. She's famous for playing Soldier in Culprits, Becky in Clink, and Maggie Cotton in Dark Angel.

Stephanie Street - aka Nadia in 20 Things to Do Before You're 30 - stars as Janice Rainsworth.
Spooks' Geoffrey Streatfeild plays DI Steve Smith.

Until I Kill You airs from Sunday, November 03, 2024 on ITV1 and ITVX.

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JSMill · 06/11/2024 08:27

I hope the character of David is real. Delia does deserve some kindness.

Blondeshavemorefun · 06/11/2024 09:57

E4 tonight

Documentary tomorrow

Yes hopefully Davis is real

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SabreIsMyFave · 06/11/2024 10:29

Just watching this now. Just finished episode 3. Agree. What an upsetting and compelling show. Still reeling from it, and I have episode 4 to go yet!

Couldn't hear a Canadian accent in Delia though. A few people kept saying to her 'is that a Canadian accent?' or 'is that an American accent?' Sounded a bit more Scottish to me.

TheCanaryInThePurpleSkirt · 06/11/2024 17:11

Is Delia neurodivergent?

Tittat50 · 06/11/2024 18:05

TheCanaryInThePurpleSkirt · 06/11/2024 17:11

Is Delia neurodivergent?

It seems she may be. Which makes it even more awful for her; vulnerable, treated so badly by the Police for not just playing the game and being too 'odd'.

I loved her honesty, her refusal to just roll over. She's fantastic.

TheCanaryInThePurpleSkirt · 06/11/2024 18:21

I see a vulnerable lady who didn’t “fit” (her own words) who was ostracised by her work colleagues and desperately hoping to connect, despite being used to just being in her own world.

For me, it has neurodivergent written all over it.

Her friend from work was amazing.

butterpuffed · 06/11/2024 18:34

Yes a shame she moved on , also a shame about the policewoman who used to visit her in hospital . They both seemed to 'get' her , and Delia didn't find many who could .

I'm not sure about David, he's nice enough but I think maybe she's becoming a bit too much for him .

theukpopulationis68million · 06/11/2024 20:12

Blondeshavemorefun · 05/11/2024 23:05

She is very prickly and hard work

Even in e1 before all that happened to her

But you can understand why now she feels how she does and acts the way she does

She's not at all hard work, she's just straight forward

AnnaMagnani · 06/11/2024 20:30

I thought the drama showed really clearly how Delia was somehow different, and this difference made her more vulnerable - however the difference is also what gives her incredible resilience and kept her alive.

She is just an outstanding human being. In the documentary she shows us how she still lives in the flat she was attacked in, she still sleeps in the bed he made and raped her in, still uses all the furniture made and even still has the love heart he gave her.

I mean, that is just outstanding levels of fuck you energy from her.

LifeInAHamsterWheel · 06/11/2024 20:53

Yes her work friend was amazing.

I read that David might be a totally fictional character, he's not mentioned in her book at all.

TokyoSushi · 06/11/2024 20:56

Last one tonight and then I'm really interested to watch the documentary. I'm glad that I've watched it at this pace as I've bee able to really think about each episode, and I've thought about it more than any series I've watched for a long time.

What an incredible person Delia is.

Blondeshavemorefun · 06/11/2024 20:59

TokyoSushi · 06/11/2024 20:56

Last one tonight and then I'm really interested to watch the documentary. I'm glad that I've watched it at this pace as I've bee able to really think about each episode, and I've thought about it more than any series I've watched for a long time.

What an incredible person Delia is.

Same

That's why I won't binge

You miss things or don't take them into consideration

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AnnaMagnani · 06/11/2024 21:02

I wondered if Sweeney underestimated how connected Delia was. He targeted women living far from their parents and families who might not be missed for a long time. I don't think it was mentioned that he is also suspected of killing two further girlfriends who have disappeared in the 90s.

But although Delia was an agency nurse, she actually worked long-term in one place and when she didn't turn up, they were concerned for her. And she had friends (the amazing work friend) and neighbours who worried for her as well.

MichaelAndEagle · 06/11/2024 21:20

LifeInAHamsterWheel · 06/11/2024 20:53

Yes her work friend was amazing.

I read that David might be a totally fictional character, he's not mentioned in her book at all.

I suppose for the purposes of the dramatisation it gives us someone for Deliah to talk to/with about things so we get the chance to hear her thoughts about things.

Blondeshavemorefun · 06/11/2024 21:23

Parole in 9yrs

How can 4 life sentences mean he got parole

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theukpopulationis68million · 06/11/2024 21:30

Hopefully he won't get let out

AnnaMagnani · 06/11/2024 21:30

He didn't get parole in 9 years for 4 life sentences.

He got life with eligibility for parole in 9 years for the attack on Delia. Which doesn't mean out in 9 years, it just means he can apply for parole.

Then thanks to Delia's bravery in supplying additional evidence he gets a whole life tariff - so can never apply for parole - for the additional murders.

Blondeshavemorefun · 06/11/2024 22:09

Sorry meant he shouldn't have even been eligible for patrol after 9yrs

Glad I ended up watching it as really wasn't sure after e1

She's a very strong woman

And the parents of Paula and Mellissa finally got their closure

I look forward to the documentary tomorrow evening

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Blondeshavemorefun · 06/11/2024 22:11

E4 recap

reelmockery.com/until-i-kill-you-series-1-episode-4-finale-recap/

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Lalgarh · 06/11/2024 22:24

From that review:

To start, and this is just my opinion, 2 kills do not make a serial killer. I don’t know the technical definition, but in my opinion, one would need a much higher kill count

It's 4. Vv Brown can get in the sea

AnnaMagnani · 06/11/2024 22:28

Having done a bit more googling, it's potentially even more than 4.

Newshoos · 06/11/2024 22:45

Ok I thought it was disturbing, well done and acted. I felt for Delia of course but I couldn’t find anything likeable about her but seems I’m in the minority.

Blondeshavemorefun · 06/11/2024 22:51

Newshoos · 06/11/2024 22:45

Ok I thought it was disturbing, well done and acted. I felt for Delia of course but I couldn’t find anything likeable about her but seems I’m in the minority.

I'm agree with you

She was prickly, brash

I get matter of fact. In matter of Fact /blunt some may say

But her attitude /drunk in court and when being filmed for the Amsterdam police and talking about something totally diff

If she wasn't so abrupt with the police that night she wouldn't have been taken to the cells and arrested

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