The Walk-In is a five-part 2022 British true crime television series dramatising the infiltration of far-right terrorist group National Action, foiling a plot to murder an MP. It stars Stephen Graham.
Synopsis The series is based on the true story of how Matthew Collins of activist group Hope not Hate infiltrated British neo-Nazi terrorist group National Action, foiling a plot to assassinate Labour MP Rosie Cooper.
Jack Renshaw was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for his plan to kill Cooper.
Production The series, made by ITV Studios, was written by Jeff Pope and directed by Paul Andrew Williams for ITV.
Cast Stephen Graham as Matthew Collins Andrew Ellis as Robbie Mullen, the informant Dean-Charles Chapman as Jack Renshaw Leanne Best as Alison, Matthew's wife Jason Flemyng as Nick Lowles, chief executive of Hope Not Hate Chris Coghill as Chris Lythgoe Bobby Schofield as Matt Hankinson Dean Lennox Kelly as Renshaw’s Father Nicola Stephenson as Renshaw’s Mother Steven Miller as Young Lenny David Hayman as Older Lenny Remy Beasley as DC Victoria Henderson Brendan O'Carroll as Uncle Ronnie Andrew Havill as Mr. Atkinson Bryony Corrigan as Jo Cox
Release
The Walk-In aired on ITV from 3 October 2022.
The documentary Nazi Hunters: The Real Walk-In was broadcast following the final episode.
Critical reception The Walk In was well received in the press with The Guardian, The Independent, and the Evening Standard all giving it four stars out of five. Lucy Mangan, writing in The Guardian, described it as “one of the best TV investments you can make”.
Cooper was critical of the marketing of the show, saying that she felt that she had been used as a "marketing tool" by Hope Not Hate and ITV.
References
External links
ITV Hub