ITV Joan: What happened to her daughter in real life
The name of Joan's daughter was changed for the ITV drama series which depicts the jewel thief's life in 1980s London
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The relationship between Joan and her daughter has been the emotional core of the new ITV crime drama Joan.
Joan Hannington, also known as The Godmother, was a notorious figure in London's criminal underworld during the 1980s, stealing diamonds for the thrill and to raise funds to rescue her daughter from foster care.
The series recreates the events leading to Hannington losing her child to foster care, her first theft involving impulsively swallowing jewels, and her subsequent life of crime.
Joan is airing on ITV1 on Sunday and Monday, with the entire series available to watch in full on ITVX. Viewers will have seen Joan trying to get her daughter Kelly back and she eventually does, but at what cost?
This is what happened to Joan Hannington's daughter in real life.
What happened to Kelly in Joan?
After the raid on Bernard's jewellery shop went horribly wrong with the death of Boisie, a disguised Joan travels to Kelly's school to take her away.
Kelly is overjoyed to see her mother, but Joan tells her to keep their secret and meet her at the gate. They drive off together, and Joan learns from Albie's distraught partner Val that he has fled the country.
Joan and Kelly make their way to the prearranged hideout caravan, but Joan is still shaken by Boisie's death and struggles to maintain her composure. Kelly is unable to cheer up her mother and later discovers a gun in her mother's suitcase.
Joan prevents Kelly from discharging the gun, but realises she is unable to care for her and leaves Kelly at her foster home.
Joan meanwhile surrenders to the authorities and is jailed for her role in the jewel heist and is released after four years.
What happened to Joan Hannington's daughter in real life?
The events of Joan are different to what happened in real life.
In the ITV drama, Joan's daughter Debbie was renamed Kelly and her father was ex-husband and criminal Ray Pavey.
Joan Hannington wrote about her daughter in her memoir I Am What I Am and she left her daughter in care to ensure she could have a better life.
She struggled to get back in contact with Debbie after she was placed in care. It is unclear what the status of their relationship is like as Debbie did not attend the ITV series premiere with Joan.
Joan Hannington did appear at the ITV series premiere with her son Benny Banks, who she had with her husband Boisie. Benny made a cameo in the first episode as a bartender in the pub where Joan and Boisie first met.
Benny also has a daughter, with Joan Hannington describing herself as a proud grandmother. Joan Hannington currently lives on the South Coast with her two dogs.
