New : The Moorside (Shannon Mathews) drama BBC1HD 9PM Tues. 7th
 

A two part drama
on this grim story
from 2008.

T-shirt and all.

Gemma Whelan plays the nasty mother
making cash over her daughter missing,

Love Sheridan Smith so this should be good

Sheridan sober again? :fc:

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Pissed-up Shez?

Aww she's gone back to her plain Royle Family days :love:

Emma :love:

Bit bored of her playing real people now. :oh:

Play a witch or summat girl!

The Moorside Mini Tv Series Starts Tonight at 9pm on BBC One
 

A two-part drama about the search in 2008 for missing Yorkshire schoolgirl Shannon Matthews. Starring Sheridan Smith & Siobhan Finneran It Looks Like A Rather Good Watch.
Heres The Trailer For Tonights Show.

yes that looks good

SS is very good in general

Oh Yes I Love Sheridan Smith Always Have Since She Was In The Royle Family

I'm not sure how I feel about this, Shannon now has a new identity and is living apart from all her family, her grandparents were never consulted about this at all, it seems very unfair to drag it up again. Imagine if a drama was made about Ian Huntley, it seems very insensitive and inappropriate, Shannon is 18 now so maybe the programme makers contacted her though this seems unlikely.

It looks very good. I'm looking forward to it.

Moorside
 

Anyone watch the first part of this last night?

A 2 part series about the fake kidnapping of Shannon Matthews...

I was gonna watch it this morning but I wanted a shower and didnt have time for both! I'll watch it tonight for sure.

Was it good?

I watched it , the acting was really good , not sure how I feel about it being shown though.

I enjoyed it but i love SS

well enjoyed it in so far as you can with the subject matter

Same

Great TV. Gemma Whelan and Sheridan Smith were both good.

Loved it

Shannon is 18 now I wonder what she thought

Am I right in thinking she's now living under a pseudonym?

Yes,, I can't imagine at 18 what it would be like to watch a "drama" about your kidnapping or even to know it is being aired, it must drag up a lot of unwanted memories. It was clear from the foreword that no consent was given

I was gonna watch it on demand until I saw this, I do loathe it when dramatisations of traumatic events are created without the victim's (or their family's in cases of death) permission.

I did feel a bit uncomfortable watching it as this was someones life as they knew it destroyed, and like Cherie ,I wondered what Shannon herself would have thought watching that if she did.