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Shannon Matthews: The Musical... The Movie!

"A kid's missing. Don't make a song and dance about it."

Foul-mouthed mother-from-hell Karen Matthews is fed up being a nobody, until she hatches a cunning plan for a shot at the big time. Henpecked common-law husband Craig Meehan has an unhealthy obsession with his laptop. Simple-minded uncle Michael Donovan just wants to fill the void left by his two daughters getting taken into care. Stereotypical Yorkshire copper D.I. Radgitt faces a race against time to unravel the web of lies and find the missing girl, little Shannon Matthews, aged 9.

Top Cast

  • Samantha Hindman

    Samantha Hindman

    Karen Matthews

  • Rob Kirtley

    Rob Kirtley

    DI George Radgitt

  • Joseph McCallum

    Joseph McCallum

    Craig Meehan

  • Will Murray

    Will Murray

    Michael Donovan

  • Adam Fletcher

    Adam Fletcher

    PC David World

  • Helen Lewis

    Helen Lewis

    The Prosecutor

  • Darren Acaster

    Darren Acaster

    Foster Dad

  • Chris Clark

    Chris Clark

    Interviewer

  • Dave Cockerham

    Dave Cockerham

    Social Worker

Overview

Foul-mouthed mother-from-hell Karen Matthews is fed up being a nobody, until she hatches a cunning plan for a shot at the big time. Henpecked common-law husband Craig Meehan has an unhealthy obsession with his laptop. Simple-minded uncle Michael Donovan just wants to fill the void left by his two daughters getting taken into care. Stereotypical Yorkshire copper D.I. Radgitt faces a race against time to unravel the web of lies and find the missing girl, little Shannon Matthews, aged 9.

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