I, Jack Wright: Trailer, certificate and where to watch
John Simm and Nikki Amuka-Bird star in a mystery drama from the creator of Unforgotten
2025
When rich family patriarch Jack Wright (Trevor Eve) suddenly dies, his family begins circling in hopes of a payday. But when his will leaves nothing to his third wife (Nikki Amuka-Bird) nor to either of his two sons (John Simm and Daniel Rigby), things turn sour. And the situation only darkens when it turns out that Jack's death was not suicide, as first suspected, but murder...
Unforgotten creator Chris Lang writes and produces this engrossing six-part drama digging into the turmoil that follows unexpected revelations in a rich man's will and the fractures in his family revealed by the realisation that they are all suspects in his murder. Simm, Rigby and Amuka-Bird are joined by James Fleet and Gemma Jones, as well as Liz Kingsman and Harry Lloyd as the coppers delving into a case that just gets murkier and murkier the deeper they dig. (Six episodes)
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