While Jodie Comer's character Ivy does not have a son like Brie Larson's Joy did in Room, Ivy does have to adjust to coming back home to her family after her traumatic experience. The idea for the five-part thriller, which airs on the now web-only BBC3, came from the Londoners fascination with what happens once survivors are out of the public eye. Stay updated with the latest posts from the blog, Russell Kane: I'd be a rubbish Bear Grylls, Meet the actresses behind Leanne and Rhona, Jasmin thinks her complications are bad karma, Mary Beard's stories from behind the scenes, Get outta my pub! Even YouTube stars like Zoella have been singing its praises. Emma is not forced to behave nicely to Ivy, she is doing this from the sincerity of her heart and enjoys her company and what is was like before she was kidnapped. She is played by Jodie Comer, known for her role as Elizabeth of York on the Starz history drama The White Princess. By entering your details, you are agreeing to our terms and conditions and privacy policy. Place of birth Debuting online hasn't hurt the series if anything, it seems to have given it an edge. This page was last edited on 8 April 2023, at 18:56. Think about it. Thirteen starts onSunday, 28 February at 12pm on BBC Three. But before they can confirm her identity, news of her escape is leaked and the police rush to contact the Moxam family before they hear it from the press. Thirteen starts on Sunday at 8.30pm on BBC First, available on Foxtel and Fetch TV. The series was shot on location in Bristol. She then gets his gun and tells him she wants to leave as she now realises how controlling he is. One lucky Aussie has been chosen to watch three months worth of television, and shes being paid thousands for the privilege. I ended up getting quite impassioned about it, she explains. Now, she escapes captivity, and is taken to the police station. Carne and Merchant find themselves surrounded by a new team from Scotland Yard. D.I. Each episode will be available to watch in BBC iPlayer for 30 days after broadcast. Thirteen centers around 26 year old Ivy Moxam, who has been abducted for thirteen years. Unknown It might be time to quit your day job for three months anyway as one streaming service is offering $40k just to watch television. The BBC series won Best New Drama at the 2016 National Television Awards. When shes around certain people, certain sides of Ivy do show more than others. The small one-room worldthat you knew that was so regulated and controlled? All times AEST (GMT +10). Find out more about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out. Speaking of questions, each episode leaves us with more of them than answers as the mystery of Ivys time in captivity becomes even more complicated. So why should you watch Thirteen? f Marnie Dickens crossed paths with Tina Fey, she reckons they would have a laugh about their differing approaches to writing about kidnap and survival. Unknown I think she sees the world in a completely different light now and shes probably forgotten a lot of things. Mark reports he would be keen to start a family again. 26-year-old Ivy Moxam steps out of an ordinary house, on an ordinary street, on an ordinary day. One thing I had to really focus on was being aware of when people were around me. Ivy Moxam Survivor. And Richard Rankins DI Elliot Carne is a wonderfully torn and tortured soul, whos not quite sure how to tread the line between the personal and the professional. BBC Three's Thirteen pushed Jodie Comer to her limits Ivy Moxam - Works | Archive of Our Own I was talking about Ivy as a real person and saying, But that happened to her, thats her business, we cant go in there and exploit that. Dickens cites Five Daughters, the BBC drama about the Ipswich serial murders, as an influence. Where have I seen Valene Kane before? Its Ivy, not her kidnapper, who gives Thirteen that air of menacing mystery to rival the first series of Broadchurch. Ivy fires the gun but it is not loaded, and Mark knocks her out. Thirteen (TV series) - Wikipedia BBC iPlayer - Thirteen - Series 1: Episode 1 BBC America's drama from across the pond, the mystery thriller Thirteen, follows the story of Ivy Moxam (Jodie Comer) after she escapes from her kidnapper's house where she was held for 13 years. She does not like going out of her comfort zone as she would like to be interviewed by the DI with her mother or in her home or with both options available. She is played by the actress Katherine Rose Morley, known for her role as Lucy on the Channel 4 drama series The Mill. Ivys like this animal, she is so feral. Frightened, Ivy runs as quickly as possible to the nearest public telephone for the police. When Ivys mum Christina is called into the station, she recognises her daughter instantly and sets about trying to recreate every detail of her childhood back at home. Beautiful, ever-changing, free chaos. Reading her book really opened my eyes, but there was also so much she didnt say in it. Best known for having a love/hate relationship with Rae (Sharon Rooney) on My Mad Fat Diary, Comer also played the mistress who meddles with the family life of Suranne Jones in BBC series Doctor Foster. Ivy Moxam - Jodie Comer. Thirteen may be a world away from Skins' Mad Twatter style villains, comedic college capers and teenage angst, but were sure Ivy Moxam will take her place alongside Tony, Cassie and Sid as another Bristolian youngun were unlikely to forget any time soon. You can unsubscribe at any time. After she found out, she wouldn't speak to Tim and took any pictures with Tim and her. She also featured alongside fellow Thirteen cast member Aneurin Barnard in We'll Take Manhattan. Under her eyes are bags and wrinkles possibly from the time she spent in the cellar. Although she already associated BBC3 with really strong, high concept ideas such as Being Human and In The Flesh, she was surprised that they wanted to take a chance on her twisty drama. Physical description And while Thirteen is fiction, part of that realness lies in the fact that, unlike a grisly headline, it moves beyond the misery. McDonald most recently popped up in Channel 4's No Offence, miniseries Titanic, and had roles in The Damned United and Irish films When Brendan Met Trudy and I Went Down. There are no flashbacks which leaves a lot to the audiences imagination. The presence of Jodie Comer, known for My Mad Fat Diary but also Doctor Foster, helps to bridge that gap. Unknown 58 mins Available for over a year. Five glorious episodes of Thirteen later, Im convinced that its one of the best dramas the BBC has served up this year. You got the impression that this was the blow-up that the story needed for it to take the next step. So while true stories of women being abducted and tortured have been adapted into television series and films before, take a little comfort knowing that Thirteen isn't based on a true story. Meanwhile, Mark White contacts Carne and Merchant and will only talk with Ivy. Even playing her you just dont quite understand who or what she is. Emma Moxam is Ivy Moxam's younger sister and while she did not believe that the kidnapped girl was Ivy, but she soon realizes it is her and develops the relationship she once had with her sister before she was kidnapped. BBC iPlayer - Thirteen After not seeing him for 13 years, Ivy decides to meet Tim up in his room. If you're missing Ivy Moxam's tale you're really missing out, says Sarah Doran. Just trying to understand the complicated relationship between Natascha and her captor was really helpful.. Thirteen doesn't need a YouTuber with endless Twitter followers to succeed though, because in Jodie Comer (formerly of My Mad Fat Diary and the girl who slapped Suranne Jones in Doctor Foster) it has found a formidable new leading lady. Get the views of cast, presenters, scriptwriters and crew from inside the shows. things TV - your favourite episodes, live programmes, the schedule and everything else. If Marnie Dickens crossed paths with Tina Fey, she reckons they would have a laugh about their differing approaches to writing about kidnap and survival. Unable to believe that Ivy is alive, her sister even demands that the police carry out a DNA test to make sure that the person claiming to be her sister isnt an imposter. Ivy Moxam | Thirteen Wikia | Fandom Her family quickly helps her but she falls into a state of shock. "There wasn't an awful lot that I. Although he is warned not to get too close, Elliot is sympathetic to Ivys situation and is willing to trust her. I hope they enjoy watching her grow into herself. Another point of comparison is E4s teen murder mystery Glue. The fictional account of a kidnapping victim was written and created by 30-year-old Marnie Dickens, who already told RadioTimes.com that Thirteen will stay a true to its miniseries format, so you shouldn't expect another season of the miniseries or any additional episodes telling Ivy's story. On 27 March 2016, Dickens stated that there would not be a second series of the show as it was intended to be one-off.[4]. This Wikia is intended for the BBC 3 Drama Thirteen. I watched a program a couple of years ago called The Missing and it was about a young boy who had been kidnapped, she said. She tells them its' Ivy Moxam, however, suspicion arises as there has been multiple people suspecting and claiming to Ivy Moxam. Unknown The title music is "In Your Dreams" from the album Wild Go by Dark Dark Dark. However, Tim had something to say which would later hurt Ivy in the latter after she escaped his room when she felt uncomfortable. A veteran of British soaps Family Affairs and Doctors, he's also popped up in Dancing on The Edge, Casualty and Jupiter Ascending, and is due to star in Anthony Horowitz's new BBC1 investigative drama New Blood in 2016. At the end they showed this clip about how he was later found. While Dickens has a playful nature that extends from her frequent witticisms to her bright blue nails, her debut drama is essentially the antithesis of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Feys offbeat comedy about a twentysomething cult escapee. Species Review: Thirteen (S1 E4/5), Sunday 20th March, BBC3, Review: Thirteen (S1 E1/5), Sunday 28th February, BBC3, Top Boy season 3: Netflix drops first trailer, adds Barry Keoghan, The 10 Best Crime Dramas This Week (Monday 1st Sunday 7th May), Review: Astrid: Murder In Paris (S1 E5/8). Ivy's childhood crush, Tim, has since married, but he delays telling this to Ivy. I think she feels that Tim is someone she can chat to and someone to move forward with rather than treading over old ground. After her father puts the tapes of when Christina and Ivy were young, she knows that her father is still cheating on her family and has a mental breakdown. You hear of these things happening and think: What must their mum and dad be going through? or Well I wonder what happened when she got home? So Thirteen opens that up a little bit. Thirteen: Created by Marnie Dickens. Their stories, and those of other unfortunate souls, have also inspired fictional stories by an industry obsessed with tales of grit and perseverance. In Saudi Arabia and the rest of the Middle East, the series began airing in the middle of August 2016. Reality stars cruel blow aired on special day. After 13 years held captive by her kidnapper, Ivy Moxam escapes. Thirteen (TV Mini Series 2016) - Full Cast & Crew - IMDb Tim is definitely who she clings to at first. A hostage for thirteen years, Ivy has little to no surroundings and street-smarts in the real world as a result of her last 13 years of her life being kept in a cellar in the basement of a house. I forgot about it for a bit, but then the audition for Thirteen came up about a year later.. Those boundaries are now gone, replaced by chaos. After some probing by the police (it's hard to believe that a real-life victim would be treated with the same clinical cynicism), Ivy was reunited with her . The kidnapping of a second girl, Phoebe, puts more pressure on Ivy to relive her ordeal.