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Blood Ties: Series 5

Blood Ties: Series 5: Episode 7: Tim Brannigan

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Episode 7: Tim Brannigan

Series 5

Tim Brannigan

BBC Radio Scotland - Blood Ties, Series 5, Tim Brannigan

A remarkable story of a mother's love which involved a massive cover-up to keep her child.

How far would you go to keep your own child? One mother's love led to a fabricated rape, deceit on an extraordinary scale and persuading the authorities to agree to a huge cover-up.

As a parent, how far would you go to keep your own child? One Mother's love led to a fabricated rape and deceit on an extraordinary scale - even the persuading of senior medical staff  and the authorities to agree to a massive cover up by claiming a child had been still born but secretly Tim Brannigan had been born perfectly healthy and happy and was being hidden just a few rooms away from bereaved relatives.

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Ruth Wishart explores moral and ethical dilemmas facing families.

Ruth Wishart talks to people whose family relationships challenge our ideas about what is typical and how their experiences have shaped their lives.

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