Watch trailer: Shannon Matthews TV drama is set to air
THE BBC'S new drama about the real-life hoax kidnapping of Dewsbury schoolgirl Shannon Matthews will hit the nation's TV screens early next month, it has been confirmed.
The first part of The Moorside – starring Sheridan Smith as Julie Bushby, a friend of Shannon’s scheming mother Karen – is on BBC One at 9pm on Tuesday, February 7.
Game of Thrones actress Gemma Whelan plays Karen in the programme.