Jenna Coleman to play Miss Moneypenny inspiration in The War Rooms
Doctor Who and
The Serpent star Jenna Coleman is set to portray Joan Bright, one of the real-life inspirations for Miss Moneypenny in Ian Fleming’s James Bond novels, in a new TV drama series entitled
The War Rooms.
As revealed by THR, the series has been created by David Childlow and will tell the untold story of the women who worked in Winston Churchill’s Whitehall bunker during World War II. Each season “is set to cover 12-18 months of World War II – from the shock of the war’s outbreak to sustaining the fight to the final push for victory and the battle to shape modern Britain.”