Everything I Know About Me

This is Episode 5 - Maggie was interviewed in her home in Altrincham in July 2024 where she opened up about her childhood in the suburbs of Manchester, her reasons for joining the police force as a 40 year old mother of 4, how she found herself tasked with investigating the grooming gangs in the Greater Manchester area and the failings she encountered by the GMP to tackle the gangs that ultimately led her to resign and blow the whistle on her former employers. 

In this episode Maggie we hear about the devastating toll her experience on operation Span and her subsequent resignation took on her and the reasons that led her to blow the whistle on her former employers.  

She tells us about her role in bringing the scandal to the small screen in the BAFTA award winning drama “Three Girls” and why when she saw it for the first time, she was “devastated” and “mortified”. 

We also hear about her stint in the Big Brother House and her current focus, the Maggie Oliver Foundation  - her charity dedicated to helping survivors of childhood sexual abuse and exploitation move on with their lives. 

https://www.themaggieoliverfoundation.com 

Producer: Ósk Pétursdóttir

Narrator: Lisa Snell

Videographer: Monty Vann

Editor: Chelsey Moore

Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini

Executive Producer: Jamie East

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This is Episode 4 - Maggie was interviewed in her home in Altrincham in July 2024 where she opened up about her childhood in the suburbs of Manchester, her reasons for joining the police force as a 40 year old mother of 4, how she found herself tasked with investigating the grooming gangs in the Greater Manchester area and the failings she encountered by the GMP to tackle the gangs that ultimately led her to resign and blow the whistle on her former employers. 

In this episode, 5 years after Operation Span gets shut down, Maggie gets assigned to Operation Span - a grooming case involving two sisters “Amber” and “Ruby” (their names have been changed) who had been the victims of grooming in their early teens but had been let down repeatedly by the system. 

Amber had been arrested for being “a madam” and her younger sister Ruby - unbeknownst to her - had a foetus seized by the police following an abortion she had after she got pregnant by one of her abusers. Maggie talks about her role in trying to get the sisters on board to help out with the investigation and how again, the police failed the victims which led Maggie to resign from the job that she loved.

Producer: Ósk Pétursdóttir

Narrator: Lisa Snell

Videographer: Monty Vann

Editor: Chelsey Moore

Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini

Executive Producer: Jamie East

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This is Episode 3 - Maggie was interviewed in her home in Altrincham in July 2024 where she opened up about her childhood in the suburbs of Manchester, her reasons for joining the police force as a 40 year old mother of 4, how she found herself tasked with investigating the grooming gangs in the Greater Manchester area and the failings she encountered by the GMP to tackle the gangs that ultimately led her to resign and blow the whistle on her former employers. 

In this episode Maggie talks about her time in the Child Protection Unit and why - after initially being excited about joining  - she quickly became disillusioned with it and felt that her skills would be better suited to working in serious crime. 

Maggie also talks us through the heartbreaking time when her husband Norman was diagnosed with bowel cancer and how during the years she was caring for him, she began work on Operation Augusta, her first introduction to grooming gangs and her first brush with police failings to deal with them.

Producer: Ósk Pétursdóttir

Narrator: Lisa Snell

Videographer: Monty Vann

Editor: Chelsey Moore

Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini

Executive Producer: Jamie East

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This is Episode 2 - Maggie was interviewed in her home in Altrincham in July 2024 where she opened up about her childhood in the suburbs of Manchester, her reasons for joining the police force as a 40 year old mother of 4, how she found herself tasked with investigating the grooming gangs in the Greater Manchester area and the failings she encountered by the GMP to tackle the gangs that ultimately led her to resign and blow the whistle on her former employers. 

In this episode we hear about how Maggie’s introduction to life in the police force was no walk in the park and how she got no special treatment as a 40 year old mother of four when she was posted to Moss Side, and area that was rife with “guns and gangs and drugs”. 

We also hear about how she finally found her feet within the force when she joined the Major Incident Team and also how her new career affected her homelife.

Producer: Ósk Pétursdóttir

Narrator: Lisa Snell

Videographer: Monty Vann

Editor: Chelsey Moore

Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini

Executive Producer: Jamie East

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This is Episode 1 - Our guest for season 5 of "Everything I know About Me" is ex-police detective and whistle-blower, script consultant and charity campaigner  - Maggie Oliver.

Maggie was interviewed in her home in Altrincham in July 2024 where she opened up about her childhood in the suburbs of Manchester, her reasons for joining the police force as a 40 year old mother of 4, how she found herself tasked with investigating the grooming gangs in the Greater Manchester area and the failings she encountered by the GMP to tackle the gangs that ultimately led her to resign and blow the whistle on her former employers. 

In this episode, we go right to the beginning and hear about her childhood in the Northern towns of Sale and Bacup how her mother’s Austrian heritage contributed to her developing a sense of injustice at an early age. 

We hear about how her relationship with the love of her life Norman was almost derailed by the appearance of an ex flame and how after many years of domestic bliss resulting in 4 children, Maggie shocked everyone around her by signing up to the police force.

Producer: Ósk Pétursdóttir

Narrator: Lisa Snell

Videographer: Monty Vann

Editor: Chelsey Moore

Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini

Executive Producer: Jamie East

A Daily Mail Production: Seriously Popular

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Our guest for season 4 of "Everything I know About Me" is one of the most formidable and successful footballer players Scotland has ever produced - Graeme Souness.

Graeme was interviewed over 2 days in December 2023 where he opened up about his childhood in the pre-fabs of Edinburgh all the way through to the present day via all of his achievements but also the tragedies and controversies he has endured.

In today’s episode, Graeme takes to the sofa as a football pundit and we find out how even sat down in a studio, there’s never a dull moment when Graeme is concerned.

He talks about commentating on a game in the aftermath of the horrific Heysel Stadium disaster, we hear about what he really thinks of co-pundits such as Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher and he bluntly tells us what he thinks about almost being cancelled for saying “It’s a man’s game all of a sudden again”.

Finally we hear about how a little girl with Epidermolysis Bullosa has stolen his heart and how he now dedicates his time to raising millions of pounds for DEBRA, a charity that supports individuals and families dealing with this horrific skin blistering condition.

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Our guest for season 4 of "Everything I know About Me" is one of the most formidable and successful footballer players Scotland has ever produced - Graeme Souness. Graeme was interviewed over 2 days in December 2023 where he opened up about his childhood in the pre-fabs of Edinburgh all the way through to the present day via all of his achievements but also the tragedies and controversies he has endured.

In today’s episode, we hear about arguably the most tumultuous time in Graeme’s life and career when he took over as manager of Liverpool from his friend Kenny Dalglish, two years on from the Hillsborough Disaster. 

He talks us through the fears he faced when he needed a life-saving heart operation which was then followed by a huge lapse of judgement when he gave an interview about his operation and recovery which appeared on the front page of the Sun on the third anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster. He talks about how he regrets not resigning and how the mistake still haunts him and how he will apologise for it until the day he dies. 

He also talks about his defining flag-planting moment as manager of Galatasaray and then how his career as a football manager ended with him being unceremoniously sacked by letter.

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Our guest for season 4 of "Everything I know About Me" is one of the most formidable and successful footballer players Scotland has ever produced - Graeme Souness. Graeme was interviewed over 2 days in December 2023 where he opened up about his childhood in the pre-fabs of Edinburgh all the way through to the present day via all of his achievements but also the tragedies and controversies he has endured.

In today’s episode, we start in 1984 when Graeme signs to Sampdoria where he enjoyed dinner on piazzas with Trevor Francis and back massages in the communal showers with Gianluca Vialli.

We then hear about his move from the glamorous Med back to his dad’s spare room in Glasgow when he took on the role as player/manager of Rangers and how he put a target on his own back when he was the first manager to sign a roman catholic player to the staunchly protestant team.

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Our guest for season 4 of "Everything I know About Me" is one of the most formidable and successful footballer players Scotland has ever produced - Graeme Souness.

Graeme was interviewed over 2 days in December 2023 where he opened up about his childhood in the pre-fabs of Edinburgh all the way through to the present day via all of his achievements but also the tragedies and controversies he has endured.

In today’s episode we hear about Graeme’s stratospheric rise to becoming one of Liverpool’s star players and all of the perks that his new lifestyle came with.

Champagne, Beauty Queens and a cameo in notable British drama “Boys from the Blackstuff”

Graeme talks about the first of his many clashes with team mate Phil Thompson and he also recalls the one act of kindness he received from Liverpool manager Joe Fagan that stays with him to this day.

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Our guest for season 4 of "Everything I know About Me" is one of the most formidable and successful footballer players Scotland has ever produced - Graeme Souness.

In this series, Graeme opens up about his childhood in the pre-fabs of Edinburgh all the way through to the present day via his many achievements but also the tragedies and controversies he has endured.

In today’s episode, we hear about Graeme’s happy childhood in Edinburgh where he honed his football skills playing with men twice his age. We also hear about being scouted by Tottenham Hotspur and his first taste of controversy when he absconded with a girl called Julie Ingram, which ended with his circumstances being debated in the House Of Commons.

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