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

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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.

Was that because advancements in DNA came on a lot between 1990 and 2009?

@XxSideshowAuntSallyx totally agree with all your points - and about AMM . Some people always seem to be in everything

I loved this, so scary. Didn't think it was slow, I like to get to know the characters. It was way more chilling than I expected. Very dark for ITV.

@XxSideshowAuntSallyx that's how I felt after e1

But I did try 2 and it was gripping so worth another try

@TheFifthTellytubby I agree they should have explained about the DNA. It was left to the viewer to assume it was due to advances in DNA.
I thought AAM was absolutely amazing in this. While I really admire her from Motherland, I tuned into see Shaun Evans. However I think she really shone in this. Shaun had a much smaller role than I would have expected but he also nailed the character. While it was a small role, he probably relished the chance to play such a horrible character and show off his acting skills. It was very far from Endeavour Morse!
Interestingly the detective who took Delia to see the psychologist was played by an actor who played a psychiatrist in Endeavour who turned out to be a serial killer! He tried to push Endeavour (Shaun Evans) off the roof of a college!

@TheFifthTellytubby was the DNA reference a way of suggesting that he had murdered other women in a similar way in Amsterdam?

Ooh yes - that's a very good point! This was mentioned in the real-life documentary. They didn't make this clear, though - hence the confusion.

Quite possibly, but I think DNA evidence has always had a high degree of reliability. Either way, it created a loose end that wasn't properly resolved. I know there are lots of loose ends in real-life cases, but I felt this one didn't serve any purpose in the story other than to show that the Dutch police were on to Sweeney from a very early stage.

Dear old algorithms. This just popped up on YouTube

https://youtube.com/shorts/-GXTHD0qG0c?si=JJfyp3RBUpos9H3m

"Hyper independence is a trauma response"

Not sure if I got this info from the documentary or the drama. But the first body which didn’t match was found in the canal in Amsterdam. The matching sample was from a body found in canal in Rotterdam. It was unsolved whether he was responsible for the first.

i don't understand why so many people rave about anna maxwell martin. she's okay but she's not all that (to me). but i really liked the programme and it was very eurgh at times so i watched it from under the duvet with one eye shut.

@lazymum99 it was in the drama and she said in her clipped voice over the body in the canal

Along the lines of

I didn't say she would be in Amsterdam canal

I said she was killed in Amsterdam

Yes this is what I thought, that there were 2 bodies found, I think years apart, so they ruled out a match with the first one but then when they found the second body they still had samples of the dna which matched so they knew then that was the body of the model Melissa.

Aah ok so the first body wasn't Melissa's? That really needed to be explained properly.

Yes but I understood it last night

As one canal was Rotterdam I think and other Amsterdam

Ah, of course - one was Rotterdam and the other, Amsterdam. I remember now. Same MO. I hope he's eventually called to account for the rest, as it's very likely there were more! 😢

Ive just turned over to the documentary and I think AMM nailed the accent and the inflections in Delias voice.

I’m watching the documentary too, Delia is a brave woman. Having the same bed, the massage table with his writing on. I didn’t realise her parents and brother met him and it’s also nice to see her brother in the documentary too, get his perspective as well

I watched an older documentary about this a few weeks ago.

I think there was a body found in Amsterdam they thought might be Melissa and so the DNA was sought.

At that time force systems weren't joined up and so it wasn't checked against the remains found in Rotterdam.

There was something about the Dutch forces handing over the prosecution to the UK so they could build a stronger case with Paula which wasn't really included in the drama but you can't cover everything.

I am hooked watching this. I missed that it was on but everyone was talking about it at work. Anna Maxwell Martin is a great actor. I will watch the documentary too.

Watching the documentary. He's a shit artist.

Fascinating that the 2008 investigation was the 1st time they'd worked with foreign police, did I hear that right? A peice of legislation that a UK citizen who has committed a murder anywhere in the world can be tried in a UK court?

It was on the show. (The 4 part drama...)

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@Lalgarh I agree, Sweeney's 'artwork' is less than average!

It's quite startling how much his 1st girlfriend and known victim looked like Taylor Swift. Definite modus operandi that he was zeroing in on travellers far from home. No support networks or family nearby.

Sweeney was a bit of a moron documenting his murders and murder victims!