Who directed a 2017 TV show starring an actress who also appeared in Game of Thrones?
The Moorside The Moorside is a 2017 two-part British television drama. Written by Neil McKay and directed by Paul Whittington, it stars Sheridan Smith, Gemma Whelan, Sian Brooke and Siobhan Finneran and was broadcast on BBC One in two one-hour episodes in February 2017. The drama is based on the 2008 disappearance of 9-year-old Shannon Matthews and the successful search for her by police and volunteers in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, along with the revelation of mother Karen's involvement in Shannon's kidnapping.
Game of Thrones (season 5) The fifth season of the fantasy drama television series "Game of Thrones" premiered on HBO on April 12, and concluded on June 14, 2015. It was broadcast on Sunday at 9:00 pm in the United States, consisting of 10 episodes, each running approximately 50–60 minutes. The season primarily adapts material from "A Feast for Crows" and "A Dance with Dragons", the fourth and fifth novels in George R. R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" series, though it also uses elements from the third novel, "A Storm of Swords", as well as the upcoming sixth novel "The Winds of Winter". It also contains original content not found in Martin's novels. The series is adapted for television by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss.