That’s exemplified by the character of HERO’s girlfriend Kyra (Sophie Wilde), whose experiences have made her keenly aware of the way that life shapes people’s behaviour. That would require context and empathy, two things this series argues are lacking in the current system.įrom its defiant title to its enigmatic finale, You Don’t Know Me argues the case for empathy. It won’t lead the jurors to understand the defendant or the situation in which he found himself. But, says You Don’t Know Me, evidence doesn’t tell the whole story. It’s also, in its most essential form, a love story.Īs the drama begins, the prosecution’s evidence against HERO is overwhelming: CCTV and mobile phone mast records place him at the scene and time of the crime, the murder weapon was in his possession at the time of arrest, his hair was found in the victim Jamil’s car and Jamil’s blood was found underneath his fingernails… A conviction and a lengthy prison sentence is by far the likeliest outcome. Led by a powerhouse performance from lead Samuel Adewunmi, You Don’t Know Meis a murder mystery and a social drama that explores both the unreliability of narrative and the shortcomings of the UK legal system. It’s an engaging and emotional torrent of narrative that acts as a dramatic redress of the lawyer-advised ‘no comment’ silence that TV drama teaches us to expect from such characters in such a situation. A four-episode monologue told in flashback follows. In the final days of his trial, the defendant (nameless and known only in Imran Mahmood’s novel and Tom Edge’s script as ‘HERO’) dismisses his barrister and chooses to deliver the defence’s closing speech to the jury himself. You Don’t Know Me is a story told from a perspective rarely heard from at any length: that of a young Black man being tried for murder in the UK. Warning: contains major spoilers for You Don’t Know Me, all episodes of which are available to stream now on BBC iPlayer.

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