Documentary series · BBC Two
The Mother of All Cons
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Mother of All Cons actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Mother of All Cons reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Emotional Weight.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The story
What it's about
Charity, celebrity and control. A teenager with a brain tumour starts a children's charity, but doubts arise - is she really ill? The truth is more shocking than anyone imagined.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Eloise MillardProducer
- Georgia MoseleyExecutive Producer
- Luned TonderaiProducer
- Ruth MayerProducer
- Jonathan SmithExecutive Producer
Direction
- Luned TonderaiDirector
- Ruth MayerDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- Britbox Apple TV Channel Streaming
- BritBoxStreaming
- BBC Select Apple Tv channelStreaming
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