Based on real events, this powerful story of friendship, trust and forgiveness takes us to the heart of a community rocked by a child's disappearance. In 2008, nine-year-old Shannon Matthews is reported missing. A frantic search follows, quickly becoming a murder enquiry. Led by Julie, the community rallies behind Shannon's grief stricken mother Karen, determined to find her daughter and show that, although from a poor background, Shannon's life is as important as any other. With hope fading and doubts about Karen beginning to grow, Shannon is found with a man her... mother knows. As suspicions deepen, Karen's friends set about discovering the truth. [show more]
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Sheridan Smith and Gemma Whelan star in this two-part BBC drama that depicts events surrounding the infamous kidnapping of nine-year-old Shannon Matthews in February 2008. When Shannon is first reported missing from her home in the Moorside estate in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire by her mother Karen (Whelan) a massive manhunt by the police and local community ensues, generating a plethora of national media attention, substantial rewards and a high-profile publicity campaign. However, when she is eventually discovered by police nearly a month later in a flat belonging to Michael Donovan (Sam Chapman), the uncle of Karen's boyfriend Craig Meehan (Tom Hanson), the police begin their search for the truth.
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