ITV is yet to confirm the show’s supporting cast, but with Maxwell Martin and Evans in the lead roles, we can surely expect to see some high calibre talent joining the line-up.

Maxwell Martin has described the show as telling “an important story” and shared her hope that it “will do Delia due diligence”, while Evans has referred to the drama as “a story that is quite rightly told through the victim’s lens”.

Who else is involved in the show?

Delia Balmer will be produced by World Productions, the production company behind hits like Line Of Duty, Vigil, Bodyguard and The Pembrokeshire Murders. The scripts have been written by Nick Stevens (who also wrote The Pembrokeshire Murders), based on Balmer’s book Living With A Serial Killer.

ITV’s drama commissioner, Huw Kennair-Jones, described the series as “a testament to the resilience of the human spirit when facing unimaginable evil”.

“Nick Steven’s scripts have brilliantly captured the fortitude of a truly remarkable woman and her journey to achieving justice and the obstacles she had to overcome,” he added.

Delia Balmer: ITV’s latest crime drama will tell an extraordinary true story