Three Girls
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.
Cast
Maxine Peake
Sara Rowbotham
Lesley Sharp
DC Margaret Oliver
Lisa Riley
Lorna Bowen
Ace Bhatti
Nazir Afzal
Paul Kaye
Jim Winshaw
Jill Halfpenny
Julie Winshaw
Ria Zmitrowicz
Amber Bowen
Molly Windsor
Holly Winshaw
Liv Hill
Ruby Bowen
Peter Singh
Mr. Nadin
Rupert Procter
DC Jack Harrop
Jason Hughes
DC Sandy Cuthrie
Antonio Aakeel
Immy
Naomi Radcliffe
Yvonne
Ross Anderson
PC Richard Bryan
Seasons & Episodes
E1Episode 1
May 16, 2017
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?
E2Episode 2
May 17, 2017
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?
E3Episode 3
May 18, 2017
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?
Videos
Storyline
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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