Channel 4’s new courtroom drama based on the Wagatha Christie court case got a rinsing from viewers when it premiered on Wednesday night (December 21).
Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama has adapted the sensational High Court libel trial battle between rival WAGs Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney which took place in July.
The explosive court case gripped the general public over the summer as intimate details of Vardy and Rooney’s lives were laid bare in front of the court.
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But the first episode of the two-part drama got a very frosty reception from punters, with some complaining that they’d had to stop watching the show as it was so bad.
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One fan on Twitter wrote: “Lasted 14 mins. Absolutely sh***.”
A second agreed: “This is just awful [laughing emoji].”
A third commented: “Seriously – what is this sh*** on the telly?”, with a fourth tweeting: “Dreadful tosh”
A fifth admitted they couldn’t stop watching as they added: “This is so bad but I can’t turn it off.”
However, others seemed to be enjoying the Wagatha adaptation, with one writing: “God this is actually brilliant. I’m so invested in this show”
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Another said: “Absolutely loving this programme, it’s like an early Christmas present ! Who is Davey Jones ?? [laughing emoji]”
The casted BAFTA-winning This Is England actress Chanel Cresswell as Coleen and Harry Potter star Natalia Tena as Rebekah.
Michael Sheen has put on his wig to bring Coleen’s barrister David Sherbourne to life, with Simon Coury playing Rebekah’s legal representative Hugh Tomlinson QC.
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Vardy V Rooney: A Courtroom Drama uses real transcripts from the court to tell the incredible story of the High Court defamation case.
The Wagatha Christie war began when Coleen accused Rebekah of leaking stories from her private Instagram account to the press about her back in 2019.
Coleen had posted a series of fake stories to her private Instagram and restricted who could view them so she could find out who was leaking information about her.
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Vardy sued Rooney for libel after being accused of leaking the information, but it was Wayne Rooney’s wife Coleen who ended up winning the case.
The court dismissed Vardy’s claim on the bases that Rooney’s statements were substantially true.
Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama continues on Channel 4 on Thursday, December 22 at 9pm.
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