This is Episode 5 - Maggie was interviewed in her home in Altrincham in July 2024 where she opened up about her childhood in the suburbs of Manchester, her reasons for joining the police force as a 40 year old mother of 4, how she found herself tasked with investigating the grooming gangs in the Greater Manchester area and the failings she encountered by the GMP to tackle the gangs that ultimately led her to resign and blow the whistle on her former employers. 

In this episode Maggie we hear about the devastating toll her experience on operation Span and her subsequent resignation took on her and the reasons that led her to blow the whistle on her former employers.  

She tells us about her role in bringing the scandal to the small screen in the BAFTA award winning drama “Three Girls” and why when she saw it for the first time, she was “devastated” and “mortified”. 

We also hear about her stint in the Big Brother House and her current focus, the Maggie Oliver Foundation  - her charity dedicated to helping survivors of childhood sexual abuse and exploitation move on with their lives. 

https://www.themaggieoliverfoundation.com 

Producer: Ósk Pétursdóttir

Narrator: Lisa Snell

Videographer: Monty Vann

Editor: Chelsey Moore

Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini

Executive Producer: Jamie East

A Daily Mail Production: Seriously Popular

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