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Three Girls

2017 · 1 season

A harrowing, clear-eyed dramatisation that is difficult to watch but essential, driven by quiet fury and a slow, painful search for justice.

Created by
Philippa Lowthorpe
Genres
Drama, Crime
Starring
Maxine Peake, Lesley Sharp, Lisa Riley
Overview
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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Stream in the UK
  • Sky Go
More options Data from JustWatch
Created by
Philippa Lowthorpe
Genres
Drama, Crime
Starring
Maxine Peake, Lesley Sharp, Lisa Riley
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • justice
  • trauma
  • power
  • corruption
  • betrayal
Places
  • small town
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour1
Realism9
Romance0
Tension7
Darkness9
Complexity7
Emotional weight10

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Details

Genres
drama, crime
Created by
Philippa Lowthorpe
Written by
Nicole Taylor
Starring
Maxine Peake, Lesley Sharp, Lisa Riley, Ace Bhatti, Paul Kaye, Jill Halfpenny, Ria Zmitrowicz, Molly Windsor
Music
Natalie Holt
Cinematography
Matt Gray
Length
1 seasons, 3 episodes, 60 min each
Network
BBC One
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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