Three Girls: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Three Girls tells the true story of three of the children who were victims in the 2012 grooming and sex trafficking case in Rochdale.

Holly is new to Rochdale and keen to make friends and fit in. She finds herself drawn into a world she cannot escape, despite her pleas for help. It's a world that is all too familiar to sexual health worker Sara, who has been recording and reporting cases of child abuse for years.

Series details

• Title: Three Girls
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 2017-05-16
• Final broadcast date listed: 2017-05-18
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC One
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.7/10
• TVMaze ID: 27894
• IMDb ID: tt6835252
• TVDB ID: 327999

Cast and credited roles

• Molly Windsor — Holly Winshaw
• Maxine Peake — Sara Rowbotham
• Lesley Sharp — DC Margaret Oliver
• Paul Kaye — Jim Winshaw
• Lisa Riley — Lorna Bowen
• Jill Halfpenny — Julie Winshaw
• Ria Zmitrowicz — Amber Bowen
• Simon Nagra — Daddy
• Liv Hill — Ruby Bowen
• Wasim Zakir — Tariq
• Ace Bhatti — Nazir Afzal
• Jason Hughes — DS Sandy Guthrie

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2017-05-16; final listed air date 2017-05-18; episode order: 3.

Source and licence

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