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The Moorside

★ 7.2 4K votes 2017–2017 1 season · 2 episodes Ended BBC One
True crimeReal cases, told as documentary or drama.This show: 9/10Working classOrdinary people, ordinary money, real stakes.This show: 8/10British TVThe British television sensibility: tone, restraint and format traditions.This show: 8/10Tight limited runA compact, complete story told in just a few episodes.This show: 8/10NaturalisticUnderstated, lifelike performances and look.This show: 7/10Event miniseriesPrestige limited television built as an event.This show: 7/10Secrets & liesHidden truths straining every relationship.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Sheridan SmithSian BrookeFaye McKeeverJohn DagleishGemma WhelanSiobhan Finneran
Starring
Sheridan SmithSian BrookeFaye McKeeverJohn DagleishGemma WhelanSiobhan Finneran
Ratings per Episode
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Votes per Episode
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About

"Community spirit tested by a shocking real case"

Based on a real 2008 case, this two-part British drama follows a tight-knit working-class community in Yorkshire as they band together to search for a missing nine-year-old girl. Sheridan Smith plays the neighbour who organizes the search effort, and the story tracks the rising media frenzy and the town's collective hope and grief. It's understated and slow-burning rather than sensational, more interested in solidarity and small-town texture than procedural twists, building toward a gut-punch reveal that recontextualizes everything that came before it.

Watch it for

Sheridan Smith's quietly devastating performance as a community holding itself together.

Maybe skip if

you want fast-paced crime procedural thrills rather than slow, character-driven realism.

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All Seasons

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Miniseries2017
7.527321h 56m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Episode #1.17.5
14857 min
▶2Episode #1.27.6
12559 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Sheridan Smith Julie Bushby
Sian Brooke Natalie Brown
Faye McKeever Petra Jamieson
John Dagleish 'Scouse' Pete Brown
Gemma Whelan Karen Matthews
Siobhan Finneran DC Christine Freeman
Steve Oram D.C. Alex Grummitt
Dean Andrews PC Steve 'Kinchie' Kinchin
William Hunt Peter Bushby
Sally Carr Sheryl

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