The Moorside

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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