Viewers of BBC drama Three Families were left sobbing as they watched the stories of women impacted by Northern Ireland s restrictive abortion laws.
The two-part series, which continues tonight, is based on writer Gwyneth Hughes s conversations with three women who were seeking an abortion in 2013, six years before the procedure was decriminalised in Northern Ireland.
Last night s episode introduced two of the women: Hannah (Amy James-Kelly), who is forced to go through with a pregnancy even after learning the foetus has a fatal abnormality, and Theresa (Sinéad Keenan), who is arrested after ordering termination pills for her teenage daughter who was forced into sex by her violent boyfriend.
Maghera school girl features in two-part BBC drama Three Families was aired on BBC One this week.
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A County Derry school girl has appeared in a two-part BBC drama.
Brooke McEldowney, a Primary One pupil at St Brigid s Tirkane/Bunscoil Naomh Bríd, has appeared in Three Families , which aired this week on BBC One. Three Families explores the emotive issues around women s rights and tells the story of the grassroots campaign to lift Northern Ireland s restrictions on abortion.
Brooke enjoying herself on set.
Brooke landed the role after her mum Kirsty received an email from a casting agency.
Is Three Families on BBC One based on a true story and how many episodes are there?
Three Families is the latest offering from the broadcaster and it comes from the producers of the real-life drama Three Girls
20:37, 10 MAY 2021
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Three Families is a compelling and thoughtful two-part drama which begins tonight
20:31, 10 MAY 2021
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