Exposing the truth

Kate Thorne was heartbroken when her son Michael was sent to Australia for adoption, but she’s not the only British mother to have lost a child in such painful circumstances. In this week’s episode, she’s determined to make people aware of what the Australian government and the Church have been up to and meets a tenacious journalist who promises to tell her story and shed light on the scandal. ‘Kate knows this happened to so many women in the 1950s,’ explains Michelle Keegan, who plays her. ‘She...