Corbyn backs media heroes

It’s the cop drama gripping 5m viewers... here’s what you need to know about tomorrow’s finale

JEREMY Corbyn will give the Alternative Mactaggart media lecture at the Edinburgh TV Festival.

The Labour leader said: “I will discuss how good journalism challenges the powerful and what holds it back in the digital age of tech giants and unaccountable billionaires.” MORE than five million viewers are hooked on ITV crime drama Unforgotten and the mystery of who killed Hayley Reid.

The brilliant script and stunning cast have kept fans on the edge of their seats for the past five weeks.

And, after last Sunday’s cliffhanger, many have been wishing the week away so they can find what that group of pals really got up to in that holiday cottage on Millennium Eve. The finale is set to be a corker – and tipped to win a BAFTA nomination for Nicole Walker, who plays Cassie Stuart.

So, if you haven’t seen it yet, hurry and binge watch before tomorrow’s dramatic conclusion...and turn the page so we don’t spoil it for you.

But for those already addicted, here’s a reminder of the players and plot twists in this never-to-be-forgotten drama.

■ Unforgotten, ITV, tomorrow, 9pm Cold-case police probe human remains found buried on the central reservation of the M1 and a metal plate used to fix a broken arm identifies the skeleton.

Schoolgirl Hayley Reid, 16, vanished on December 31, 1999, en route to a Millennium Eve party. The unsolved case attracted huge media attention – as does the new inquiry.

Hayley’s devastated mum Suzanne (Brid Brennan) and identical twin Jessica, (Bronagh Waugh) struggle to cope as a female blogger starts stirring up resentment against the family and police.

Detectives discover Hayley worked as a cleaner at a holiday home, The Spinney, rented over New Year by a group of old school pals and their families.

Suspicion falls on the four friends who all claim to have been in the house with their families the whole evening.

But they’ve all lied...