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Hunting Alice Bell explores women targeted by online vigilantes
Channel 4’s Hunting Alice Bell follows five women targeted by online accusations.
Fran, played by Alexandra Roach, is wrongly identified as Alice Bell, a woman who helped serial killer Jason Nash and now lives under a pseudonym.
Fran finds support from four other women facing the same accusation.
The drama is inspired by real cases of women mistaken for Maxine Carr, who was targeted by vigilantes after being the accomplice of Ian Huntley.
The story examines how rumours and online sleuthing can become dangerous.
The review says the early episodes are tense and engaging, but later twists strain credibility and weaken the story.
The review sees a strong premise weakened by its ending, while praising the central cast’s performances.
Hunting Alice Bell is a Channel 4 drama about women wrongly accused online of being Alice Bell, the former partner of a serial killer.
The story follows Fran Da Silva and four other women who join forces to confront their accusers.
The drama was inspired by real cases of women targeted by vigilantes who mistook them for Maxine Carr, a former accomplice of Ian Huntley.
Radio Times praised its exploration of online trolling but said the story’s later twists strain credibility.
- Who
- Fran Da Silva and four other women who are accused online of being Alice Bell.
- What
- They join forces to fight back against their accusers.
- When
- Not stated
- Where
- The drama is set in the UK.
- Why
- The programme is inspired by real cases of women targeted by vigilantes who wrongly identified them as Maxine Carr.
Women targeted by online accusations
Online accusers and amateur sleuths
Accusations
Women targeted by online accusations
The women are wrongly accused of being Alice Bell.
Online accusers and amateur sleuths
The accusers believe the women are Alice Bell.
Response
Women targeted by online accusations
Fran and the other women fight back against their accusers.
Online accusers and amateur sleuths
The accusers target women online, according to the review.
This story does not have a timeline yet.
- Channel
- Channel 4
- Fran Da Silva
- Played by Alexandra Roach
- The five women
- Fran, Vanessa, Julie, Ros and Charlotte
- Inspiration
- Real-life cases of women wrongly targeted as Maxine Carr
- Serial killer
- Jason Nash, known as the Sandman
What people are saying
what if these women fought back?
the provocative exploration of self-righteous, frequently misogynistic online trolling and the feeding frenzy of an ill-informed, self-perpetuating rumour mill is effective up to that point