TV series
Three Girls
Overview
The story of three of the children who were victims in the 2012 grooming and sex trafficking case in Rochdale, for which nine men were convicted and sentenced. The drama explores how these girls were groomed, how they were ignored by the authorities directly responsible for protecting them, and how they eventually made themselves heard.
Details
- First air date
- 2017-05-16
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 3 episodes
- Genres
- Drama, Crime
- Network
- BBC One
- Production
- BBC
- Country
- GB
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Maxine Peake as Sara Rowbotham
- Lesley Sharp as DC Margaret Oliver
- Lisa Riley as Lorna Bowen
- Ace Bhatti as Nazir Afzal
- Paul Kaye as Jim Winshaw
- Jill Halfpenny as Julie Winshaw
- Ria Zmitrowicz as Amber Bowen
- Molly Windsor as Holly Winshaw
- Liv Hill as Ruby Bowen
- Peter Singh as Mr. Nadin
- Rupert Procter as DC Jack Harrop
- Jason Hughes as DC Sandy Cuthrie
Creators and crew
- Philippa Lowthorpe - Creator
- Susan Hogg - Executive Producer
- Hilary Salmon - Executive Producer
- Simon Lewis - Producer
- Lucy Richer - Producer
- Philippa Lowthorpe - Director
Episodes
Episode 1
New to the area, Holly is keen to make friends but finds herself drawn into a frightening world she is unable to escape - a world all too familiar to sexual health worker Sara. As her relationship with her family fractures, Holly finds the courage to speak out, but will her nightmare finally end?
Episode 2
With her pleas previously ignored, Sara is both relieved and unsurprised when the true extent of the abuse and betrayal is finally uncovered. Can Maggie and the police team persuade the girls to revisit the horror they suffered? And what does that do to the fragile lives they have struggled to rebuild?
Episode 3
With the ordeal drawing to a close and betrayals still raw, what does the future hold for the victims of the abuse and those who fought so hard to support them? Can justice be served, and can their experiences stop the mistakes happening again?
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