Season 1

Young Matthew’s health problems worry medics and his mum Lisa. But when doctors’ efforts to improve Matthew’s condition don’t work, suspicions are raised and the police are called in to investigate.

Lisa’s world implodes as an unthinkable truth is revealed: Matthew’s illnesses are not as they seem. And while Matthew comes to terms with his new reality, the threat of prison hangs over Lisa.

As the press dub Lisa’s ‘Britain’s most evil mother’ and the family rift deepens, Matthew confronts his past and meets the professionals who worked on his case, as he searches for the elusive truth