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Jim Sheridan says he ‘begged’ RTÉ to make Sophie documentary
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evoke.ieJim Sheridan has said he offered his acclaimed documentary series on Sophie Toscan du Plantier’s murder to RTÉ and Virgin Media — but both turned him down.
The director said he had no alternative but to release Murder At The Cottage: The Search For Justice For Sophie on Sky. ‘It wasn’t a question that I decided one day: let’s do it on Sky Crime,’ he said. ‘I went around begging and trying to get the thing out on every channel in the world — including TV3 [Virgin], RTÉ, BBC — until I got enough finance to be able to make it through Sky. ‘It wasn’t that I decided or whatever.
I do, in fact, think true crime suits the streaming world more than movies or even TV series because it is like a discussion platform — people talk about it. ‘But it is
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