Netflix Fool Me Once response has been 'thrilling', Dame Joanna Lumley says

Dame Joanna Lumley has said she has found the reaction to hit Netflix series Fool Me Once "thrilling". The north west-filmed drama has been a juggernaut on the streaming service, topping the list of most-watched programmes.

The story centres on a combat pilot - played by Michelle Keegan - in the military suffering from PTSD whose husband (Richard Armitage), from a wealthy family, is murdered. Audiences have been gripped by the twists and turns in the series, adapted from the novel of the same name by crime writer Harlan Coben.

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Dame Joanna, who plays Armitage’s mother, the cold, upper crust matriarch, told the PA news agency: “It’s thrilling (the reaction) because you work away without any audience at all as you know whenever you’re filming. You’re just working with a crew and then it’s put together and it’s released.

"I was rather taken aback when on New Year’s Day they told me that it would be released to 190 countries simultaneously. It’s extremely well-crafted and it’s got lots of twists and turns, lots of red herrings and people watching at home haven’t any idea what happens until the very last reel, that’s always good.”

Dame Joanna was speaking as she joined a restaurant owner as he began a charity challenge which will see him walk 3,000 miles through every London Borough. Sujan Katuwal, who owns Panas Gurkha in Lewisham, south-east London, began his walk from the Embassy of Nepal, in west London.

He is walking in support of Combat Stress, a charitable organisation dedicated to assisting Armed Forces and veterans coping with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).