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Three Girls
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Three Girls

Tue, May 16, 2017
  • Drama
  • Crime
Series · Synopsis

Synopsis

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.

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Cast

Top of the call sheet

  • Maxine Peake
    Maxine Peake
    as Sara Rowbotham
  • Lesley Sharp
    Lesley Sharp
    as DC Margaret Oliver
  • Lisa Riley
    Lisa Riley
    as Lorna Bowen
  • Ace Bhatti
    Ace Bhatti
    as Nazir Afzal
  • Paul Kaye
    Paul Kaye
    as Jim Winshaw
  • Jill Halfpenny
    Jill Halfpenny
    as Julie Winshaw
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Episodes

1 season · 3 episodes

Ended · 3 aired
Season 1
3 episodes · 3 aired
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  • E1
    Episode 1
    Aired · Tue, May 16, 2017 · 60m

    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?

  • E2
    Episode 2
    Aired · Wed, May 17, 2017 · 60m

    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?

  • E3
    Episode 3
    Aired · Thu, May 18, 2017 · 60m

    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?