Mothercover: Episode 3: Family Liaison
Limelight
BBC
4.4 • 699 Ratings
🗓️ 12 September 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Gwen decides it’s time to take matters into her own hands. But what she finds out will make her doubt everything she thought she knew. An Aberystwyth-set thriller, by BAFTA Cymru nominee Fflur Dafydd, with original music by Mercury Prize nominees Gwenno and Rhys Edwards.
CAST Gwen.... Alexandra Roach Liz.... Remy Beasley Owen... Sacha Dhawan Geraint.... Matthew Gravelle Dean... Alex Harries Mina.... Behnaz Vakili Kirsty.... Aoife Moss Puppeteer.... Cellan Wyn Ioan.... Liam Donnelly Theo.... Cai Roberts
Original Music.... Gwenno and Rhys Edwards
Sound design.... Rhys Morris Production Co-ordinators.... Lindsay Rees and Eleri McAuliffe Assistant Producer.... Ryan Hooper Technology Consultant... Gareth Mitchell Directed by Fay Lomas Produced by Fay Lomas and John Norton, BBC Audio Drama Wales
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | It's 1997 when the streets of a housing scheme erupt. |
| 0:05.0 | Angry scenes at the Raploc Estate in Stirling outside the house of a convicted paedophile. |
| 0:11.0 | At the heart of the crowd, Big Mags Haney, an anti-pedophile campaigner who made headlines. |
| 0:17.0 | She wasn't the only person who stood up. She just happened to shout the loudest. |
| 0:21.8 | Dubbed the matriarch of a family from hell. |
| 0:24.7 | The amount of crimes committed by that family was stuff of legend. |
| 0:28.5 | I was so scared. |
| 0:30.0 | Crime Next Door, the Ballad of Big Mags. |
| 0:32.8 | Listen first on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:36.4 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:40.0 | Welcome to a brand new series of Limelight, Mothercover. |
| 0:44.2 | Episodes are released weekly, wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:47.7 | But if you're in the UK, you can listen to the whole series right now, first on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:54.8 | Two months ago, I was just an ordinary mum. |
| 0:59.9 | But we can explain more during the meeting. |
| 1:02.0 | Congratulations, Gwen. |
| 1:03.4 | We'd like to offer you a job. |
| 1:05.6 | See this woman here in the photo. |
| 1:09.0 | Liz Cavendish. |
| 1:10.9 | All you have to do is get to nowhere. |
| 1:14.1 | Hi, can I sit here? Is that okay? |
| 1:16.7 | Sure. I'm Gwen, by the way. Liz. |
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