Judged: A Mother's Love Podcast
Judged explores motherhood when the stakes couldn't be higher - where choices help shape lives, uncover secrets, and challenge society itself.
Motherhood can feel full of judgement - sometimes over the smallest decisions, sometimes over the ones that change everything. But what happens when the stakes couldn't be higher?
In Judged: A Mother's Love, Katie Bridget Murphy explores three extraordinary stories of mothers facing impossible choices - choices that shaped birth, everyday life, and even death. These decisions didn't just transform their families; they variously uncovered hidden truths, challenged laws, and helped changed society itself. Through powerful testimony and expert insight, this series asks: what happens when motherhood is pushed to its limits?
Writer and Producer: Katie Bridget Murphy
Senior Producer: Ophelia Byrne
Executive Producer: Elizabeth Clark
Sound Engineers: John Benson and Davy Neill
Sound Design: Bill Maul
Artwork: Tom Cunningham
Assistant Commissioner: Prabhjit Bains
Commissioning Editor: Khaliq Meer
Judged: A Mother's Love is a BBC Audio Northern Ireland production with BBC Sounds Audio Lab.
Episodes to download
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6. Moral Courage—Judged: A Mother's Love
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6/6Diane Foley must decide whether to face a man linked to her son’s murder - or not.
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5. The Empty Chair—Judged: A Mother's Love
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5/6When Jim Foley goes missing in Syria, his mother faces silence and impossible choices.
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4. When Silence Breaks—Judged: A Mother's Love
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4/6Sally Challen makes a landmark appeal, challenging how society views coercive control.
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3. The Bird In the Cage—Judged: A Mother's Love
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3/6When Sally Challen kills her husband, her son David faces the unthinkable.
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2. All Lies Take Their Toll—Judged: A Mother's Love
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2/6Patrick FitzSymons fights for justice after learning his adoption was illegal.
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1. Tip of the Iceberg—Judged: A Mother's Love
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1/6Actor Patrick FitzSymons discovers his life began in secret and his adoption was illegal.
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Introducing... Judged: A Mother's Love—Judged: A Mother's Love
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1/6Judged explores motherhood when the stakes couldn't be higher.
