Sex, Drugs & Murder: Life in the Red Light Zone - Season 1

Sex, Drugs & Murder: Life in the Red Light Zone - Season 1

Season 1

Network
Episodes13
DatesJul 12, 2016 - Oct 8, 2017

Episodes

Welcome to Holbeck
Season 1Episode 120 min

Welcome to Holbeck

The red light zone was introduced to try and make the lives of the women who work there safer. We meet the sisters who work together on the streets, as they talk candidly about how every night they put their lives at risk. And as one of them describes how they were brutally attacked, we ask - is this pioneering experiment working?
Jul 12, 2016
Complicated Love
Season 1Episode 220 min

Complicated Love

As sisters Sammie Jo and Stacey Ann continue to work the streets despite continued fears for their safety, Sammie Jo shares shocking details of an encounter she feels lucky to have survived.

And former cross-country runner Kayleigh reveals how she's ended up selling sex and doing drugs rather than looking after her children.

Oct 24, 2016
Money Can't Buy You Love
Season 1Episode 320 min

Money Can't Buy You Love

Kayleigh reveals how she has been in out of prison, and the lengths she goes to, to earn money when she's not out on the streets. Sammy Jo's relationship is put to the test, by the need to earn more money for drugs and we also meet new girl, Adele, who is the sole breadwinner in her household.

Nov 28, 2016
So This is Christmas
Season 1Episode 420 min

So This is Christmas

As Holbeck's sex workers prepare for Christmas, a dramatic assault sends Kayleigh back to the drugs she was desperate to give up – and puts a reunion with her children in jeopardy. Sammi-Jo returns to her boyfriend's house, but how will he react to her meeting clients at home? And Adele moves in with her cousin, leading to a bitter falling out.
Dec 27, 2016
Breaking Point
Season 1Episode 520 min

Breaking Point

Several of the women working in the 'legalised' red light zone in Holbeck, Leeds, hit rock bottom, as Adele is homeless and alone, and Amy seeks help from one of the area's most experienced sex workers.

Meanwhile, a series of attacks on her boyfriend's house leads Sammie Jo to decide enough is enough, and to consider getting clean for the first time in two years.

Jan 30, 2017
Out in the Cold
Season 1Episode 620 min

Out in the Cold

As Holbeck's sex workers struggle with working on the street in winter, Sammie Jo wrestles with taking the first steps to getting clean, Kayleigh hopes to find a way to see her children, and Adele has a new home.
Feb 26, 2017
Someone's Daughter
Season 1Episode 720 min

Someone's Daughter

Adele finally gets her own home, Sammy Jo is struggling to get clean, and Mel's mum tracks her down after seeing the programme.
Mar 25, 2017
Under Presure
Season 1Episode 820 min

Under Presure

Adele is attacked with an iron bar, Amy has given up the game, and Sammy Jo is still living at her ex-boyfriend's house and has nowhere else to go.
Apr 30, 2017
Bad for Business
Season 1Episode 920 min

Bad for Business

Adele is hospitalised after taking a deadly batch of heroin sweeping the area, Kayleigh is jailed, and Sammie-Jo faces eviction.

Stacey tries to keep her sister safe on the beat.

Jun 3, 2017
Taking Chances
Season 1Episode 1020 min

Taking Chances

Adele and Bee have been helping each other out for a few days, and Sammy Jo is getting used to life on her own. Mel has come out of prison determined to make a change.
Jul 7, 2017
On the Edge
Season 1Episode 1120 min

On the Edge

Corrin and Stacey face an eviction notice because of antisocial behaviour at their house.

Adele is struggling to pick up punters because of the scabs on her face and Amy returns to the beat after time away.

Jul 30, 2017
Friends Like These
Season 1Episode 1220 min

Friends Like These

Amy moves in with fellow sex worker Ceri, Adele is looking after a mate's pet snake, and Bee is due in court for assault.

Sep 10, 2017
And the Beat Goes On
Season 1Episode 1320 min

And the Beat Goes On

Ceri questions why her front door is vandalised, and Bee asks Adele for help when she's asked to leave the Bed & Breakfast.

Oct 8, 2017

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