BBC Drama

Floodlights (2022x5)

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Floodlights shows how, in November 2016, former professional footballer Andy Woodward, who once played for Bury FC and Sheffield Utd, found the courage to go public about the horrific sexual abuse he was subjected to by his youth coach, paedophile Barry Bennell. His testimony encouraged hundreds more men who had suffered abuse in similar circumstances, many at the hands of Bennell himself, to come forward, exposing a deeply hidden scandal at the heart of our national game. The drama follows Andy’s life, from his childhood as a passionate footballer with the world at his feet, to the man who could no longer bury the truth. It also examines how Bennell was able to groom young players and their families as he held the power to make their dreams come true.