Cold case

Hilary Swank is a disgraced reporter starting again in Alaska

- ELAINE REILLY

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Alaska Daily Wed, 9pm, Alibi (box set, Sky Box Sets, Virgin TV Box Sets & NOW)

With two Oscars under her belt, Hilary Swank knows a thing or two about picking hard-hitting roles.

In Alibi's new crime thriller Alaska Daily, the 49-year-old star plays a tenacious writer hell-bent on investigating murders in Alaska after a highly publicised fall from grace.

The 11-part series stars Swank as New York journalist Eileen Fitzgerald, who is riding high after her article on a corrupt army general is published to great acclaim. Overnight, however, her career comes crashing down when the piece is discredited, leaving her reputation in tatters.