I, Jack Wright
British television series
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I, Jack Wright is a 2025 British drama television series created by Chris Lang and starring John Simm, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Daniel Rigby and Trevor Eve. The series was broadcast in the United Kingdom on U&Alibi from 23 April 2025.
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| Screenplay by | Chris Lang |
| Directed by | Tom Vaughan |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
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| Executive producers | Chris Lang Polly Williams Arielle Gottlieb Tom Vaughan Helen Perry |
| Producer | Nickie Sault |
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| Original release | |
| Network | UKTV |
| Release | 23 April 2025 – present |
Premise
Following an apparent suicide, a wealthy patriarch's will and testament surprisingly leaves virtually nothing of his wealth to his third wife and three sons.[1]
Cast
Main
- Nikki Amuka-Bird as Sally Wright, Jack's third wife
- Gemma Jones as Rose Wright, Jack's first wife
- Zoë Tapper as Georgia Wright, John's wife
- Daniel Rigby as John Wright, Jack and Rose's second son
- Ruby Ashbourne Serkis as Emily Wright, Gray's daughter
- Harry Lloyd as DCI Hector Morgan
- Liz Kingsman as DC Katie Jones
- Percelle Ascott as Reuben Maguire, Emily's boyfriend
- Rakhee Thakrar as Laura Johnstone, Jack's new lawyer and executor of his will
- James Fleet as Bobby Botham, Rose's friend
- Niamh Cusack as Annie Rouse, Jack's executive assistant
- Trevor Eve as Jack Wright
- John Simm as Gray Wright, Jack and Rose's first son
Recurring
- Sabrina Bartlett as Bella Horrell, Gray's girlfriend
- Callum Adams as Kyle
- Tim Faraday as Derek Coates, Jack's estate manager
- Eden Hollingsworth as Daisy Wright, Jack and Sally's daughter
- Samuel Small as Josh Wright, Jack and Sally's son
- Victoria Broom as Mary Robbins, Jack's housekeeper
- Nick Harris as Ben Hargreaves, Jack's previous lawyer
- James Wilby as Max Preston, Sally's lawyer
Jack's second wife is deceased and his daughter with his second wife, Asha Bell, is not shown.
Production
The series was announced for UKTV in February 2024, with Chris Lang writing the script and Federation Stories producing. The series is directed by Tom Vaughan and produced by Nickie Sault. Executive producers are Polly Williams, Arielle Gottlieb, Lang and Tom Vaughan, and, for UKTV, Helen Perry.[2]
The cast is led by John Simm and Nikki Amuka-Bird.[3] In March 2024, Trevor Eve, Daniel Rigby, Ruby Serkis, Harry Lloyd, Liz Kingsman and James Fleet were among those who joined the cast.[4]
Filming got underway in March 2024.[5] First-look images from the set were released to the press in August 2024.[6]
There is an announcement at the end of the final episode that it is "To be continued" [7] and it was confirmed in March 2026 that a second series has been acquired by the BBC.[8] Filming of series 2 started in February 2026.[9]
Broadcast
Reception
Ben Dowell writing in The Times praised the stellar cast but criticised the character development of some of the minor characters.[11]
Michael Hogan for The Daily Telegraph praised the production values and the strength of the cast in awarding the show four stars. Hogan also praised the show for additional interviews set two years into the future which bookend the episodes, feeling that the device "added momentum, seeded clues and left the plot intriguingly poised".[12]