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A two-part drama about the search for missing Yorkshire schoolgirl Shannon Matthews in 2008.A two-part drama about the search for missing Yorkshire schoolgirl Shannon Matthews in 2008.A two-part drama about the search for missing Yorkshire schoolgirl Shannon Matthews in 2008.
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 1 win & 3 nominations total
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- TriviaOut of respect for the community of Dewsbury Moor who had been through the trauma of searching for Shannon Matthews, this dramatisation was not filmed on The Moorside estate where Shannon and Karen Matthews lived, but instead on a similar estate in Halifax.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Good Morning Britain: Episode dated 7 February 2017 (2017)
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Don't watch this if you want answers.....
I've only seen the first episode but I can be confident that my rating isn't going to change and neither will my opinion of this program.
Firstly, don't watch it if you think you're going to find out anything you didn't already know from TV and newspaper reports. Don't watch it if you want to see sweeping camera shots of Dewsbury and the surrounding countryside. It wasn't filmed there.
You'll watch this because it was written by Neil Mckay who has written some great TV in the past. He's written TV shows about the Moors Murderers and Fred & Rose West. You have to remember that when shows like this are written there will be some added drama that didn't actually happen so as to sex up the show.
The problem with this show is that it's impossible to sex up so there's lots of dialogue showing the "can-do" attitude of the residents of The Moorside estate. Whether much of it actually happened is questionable, however, the actresses did spend time with their real-life counterparts so there will be some true to life scenes and dialogue.
For me, it was exactly what I expected from a show on this subject.
Firstly, don't watch it if you think you're going to find out anything you didn't already know from TV and newspaper reports. Don't watch it if you want to see sweeping camera shots of Dewsbury and the surrounding countryside. It wasn't filmed there.
You'll watch this because it was written by Neil Mckay who has written some great TV in the past. He's written TV shows about the Moors Murderers and Fred & Rose West. You have to remember that when shows like this are written there will be some added drama that didn't actually happen so as to sex up the show.
The problem with this show is that it's impossible to sex up so there's lots of dialogue showing the "can-do" attitude of the residents of The Moorside estate. Whether much of it actually happened is questionable, however, the actresses did spend time with their real-life counterparts so there will be some true to life scenes and dialogue.
For me, it was exactly what I expected from a show on this subject.
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