BBC drama Three Girls denies pushing 'far-right agenda'

Controversial three-part series about Rochdale child abuse case described as one of TV's toughest watches

Three Girls
Liv Hill, Molly Windsor and Ria Zmitrowicz as Ruby, Holly and Amber in BBC1's Three Girls
(Image credit: BBC/Ewen Spencer)

The writer of BBC drama Three Girls, which examines the 2012 Rochdale child abuse scandal, has denied claims it could be used by far-right groups to stoke racism.

Speaking to The Guardian, Nicole Taylor said such groups would "hitch their wagon opportunistically to anything" but she was confident her drama "doesn't give them an opportunity to do so".

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