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TV tonight: this heartwrenching drama about Indigenous child welfare will make you seethe with anger

Source: Guardian Culture - Published: 25 Aug 2026 08:15

In this week’s double bill , a grown-up woman confronts her adoptive mother. Plus: the Spanish Armada tries to overthrow Elizabeth I. Here’s what to watch this evening9pm, Sky AtlanticA drama with minimal dialogue that can still stir such deep outrage is proof of its power. But there is a guttural cry in this week’s double bill that, somehow, makes you even angrier about the Sixties Scoop – the period when Canada removed Indigenous children from their families. Patti Bird is fighting to get her kids back while, flashing forward 18 years, Esther confronts her adoptive mother. Hollie Richardson Continue reading...