Channel 4’s I Am Ruth: Kate Winslet’s new drama is coming tomorrow

Kate Winslet and Mia Threapleton in I Am

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Channel 4’s I Am Ruth: Kate Winslet’s new drama is coming tomorrow

By Lauren Geall

3 years ago

1 min read

Kate Winslet is starting alongside her daughter Mia in the third instalment of Channel 4’s I Am, which airs tomorrow (8 December). Here’s what to expect.

Following her successful return to TV in Sky’s Mare Of Easttown last year, Kate Winslet is starring in another exciting series set a little closer to home.

The actor – who took home her second-ever Emmy for her performance as no-nonsense detective Mare Sheehan – is leading the first feature-length episode of Channel 4’s award-winning anthology series I Am alongside her daughter, Mia Threapleton.

Developed and co-authored by Winslet alongside Dominic Savage, the story follows a mother and daughter’s increasingly strained relationship as the latter begins to struggle with her mental health due to the pressures of social media.

And if the trailer is anything to go by, the show, which airs this week, is going to be a true emotional rollercoaster. You can check it out below:

Now in its third series, the last two series of I Am featured three separate episodes, each named after the main character they feature.

Each of the episodes is created, written and directed by BAFTA-winning filmmaker Dominic Savage in partnership with the lead actor – and explores the experiences of women in situations that are “emotionally raw, thought-provoking and personal”.

Speaking about the show in an interview with the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg, Winslet said she hoped the show would start a “conversation” about the difficulties parents and teenagers face when it comes to navigating the world of social media.

“We want it to be an opening for conversation,” she said. “We want to create a space in which people can say, ‘Oh my god, that’s us. That’s happening to us’ and maybe not dismiss it as, ‘Well, that’s happening to everyone, what are you going to do? How are you going to stop them?’.”

Winslet continued: “And you know, I don’t have any answers. We tried to make the mother proactive in the clumsy way that she is, [and] through lack of knowing what to do she [does] something primal in order to step in and help.”

While we’re excited to see Winslet take to the screen later this week, this isn’t the first time an award-winning actor has appeared in the series. In fact, I Am boasts a seriously impressive line-up of former stars, including Line Of Duty’s Vicky McClure, Black Panther’s Letitia Wright and Gentleman Jack’s Suranne Jones.  

Commenting on what audiences can expect from the series, Channel 4’s head of drama Caroline Hollick said: “To attract an actress of Kate Winslet’s calibre to the channel is incredibly exciting and a testament to the groundbreaking storytelling of the series, which we are excited to be bringing back for the third time.”  

Hollick continued: “The collaboration between her, Mia and Dominic Savage has produced a compelling, heart-rending and ultimately very relatable character for our times in Ruth. I can’t wait to see how the story plays out on screen.”

Seasons 1 and 2 of I Am are available to watch on All 4 now. I Am Ruth will air on Channel 4 on 8 December at 9pm   

Image: Channel 4

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