Three Mothers, Two Babies, and a Scandal

Released: 2022-10-21

Runtime: 52 minutes

Episode Overview

At the dawn of 2001 one story dominates the headlines. Judith Kilshaw has gone from an unknown mother of four looking for any possible way to have another baby to the most hated woman in Britain, accused by the press of winning a bidding war to buy babies online

Series Overview

In the early days of the internet all kinds of businesses rush to get online, and the web becomes the new wild west. When one couple in Wales “log on” and pay $12,000 to adopt two baby twins from America it causes world-wide outrage. The tabloid press lead accusations that the unregulated internet is facilitating the sale of babies from overseas.