eventually work out her part in the story. As the film ends, a police car drives past her garden and stops. Cast Suranne Jones as Julie Helen Baxendale as Sarah Dean Lennox Kelly as Ian Production Filming for Dead Clever took place during the summer of 2006 in Bacup, Lancashire, and Cheshire. Helen Baxendale was confirmed as performing alongside Suranne Jones. Of the character interaction between her character and Julie, Baxendale stated that "Julie does things that Sarah would never do. Basically, Julie is everything that Sarah isn't - she's very straight and plays by the rules and Julie doesn't." She and Jones also performed as their sixteen year old counterparts and Baxendale noted that she "had to wear a wig with a big fringe" to appear more youthful. Music for Dead Clever was created by Sheridan Tongue. Per the Dominion Post, the film was based "partially on Danny DeVito's film War of the Roses, and partially on a true story". Release Dead Clever released on New Year's Day, 1 January 2007. Reception The Evening Standard reviewed the film, calling it "laughably clunky" and the characters "mainly cardboard cut-out stereotypes". References External links 2007 films 2007 television films British black comedy films ITV television dramas Works by Sally Wainwright 2000s English-language films 2000s British films 2007 black comedy films British comedy-drama television films