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The Mother of All Cons

2026 · 1 season

A sober, unsettling true-crime documentary that slowly unpicks a shocking deception, leaving you uneasy about trust and charity.

Genres
Documentary
Starring
Luke Chapman
Overview
Charity, celebrity and control. A teenager with a brain tumour starts a children's charity, but doubts arise - is she really ill? The truth is more shocking than anyone imagined.
How it feels
Measured and needs your attention.
About
Deception, crime, celebrity, corruption
Content
Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    Places
    None
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action0
    Horror1
    Humour1
    Realism9
    Romance0
    Tension5
    Darkness7
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight7

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    Details

    Genres
    documentary
    Created by
    Luned Tonderai, Ruth Mayer
    Starring
    Luke Chapman
    Length
    1 seasons, 3 episodes, 59 min each
    Network
    BBC Two
    Country
    United Kingdom
    Languages
    English

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