[Denver]

One of the most horrifying cases of sexual abuse in modern British history, made more so by bureaucratic incompetence and wilful ignorance, the Rochdale child exploitation scandal opened the floodgates to a litany of stories of young, vulnerable people being systematically preyed upon by trusted older men, with those in a position to stop it turning a blind eye.

Now the minds behind the acclaimed true-life stories The Big C and Five Daughters have turned the Rochdale scandal into its own three-part drama series Three Girls, with Maxine Peake and Lesley Sharpe amongst an all-star cast bringing the saga to television.


Three Girls airs on BBC1 on Tuesday, May 16, for three consecutive nights and tells the story of three vulnerable girls who were plied with drink sexually abused by a gang of men in Rochdale for up to four years.