The Real Carrie Jade

Episodios

• Episode 8: Jail!  01.05.2025 9m

  UPDATE: Samantha Cookes pleads guilty to fraud. She appears in court for her sentencing but all does not go smoothly. There's an outcry. A shout from the public gallery halts proceedings and Samantha is taken from the dock while the Judge takes stock... Alongside this series, the story of Samantha Cookes has been developed into a 2-part TV documentary entitled Bad Nanny - a co-production between RTÉ and BBC Northern Ireland from Alleycats TV, directed by Alan Bradley. It debuts on RTÉ One TV and RTÉ Player on Monday 12th May at 9.35pm with versions available for audiences on RTÉ Player and BBC iPlayer after it airs on RTÉ. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
• Bonus - BREAKING: Irish Gardaí arrest Samantha Cookes! 13.07.2024 2m

  Irish Police confirm that yesterday, Friday, 12th July 2024 in County Kerry, "Gardaí arrested a woman in her 30s as part of an ongoing investigation into alleged welfare fraud in Tralee.” This woman has since been identified as Samantha Cookes and remains in police custody as of Saturday morning, July 13th, 2024.
• Episode 6: I’m Sadie Harris! 05.07.2024 33m

  In our final episode, TikTok bites back! Carrie Jade’s online supporters find out they've been played. And they're angry. They dig into Samantha's past and discover more victims. As her most famous alias is finally exposed, Samantha Cookes disappears, leaving behind thousands in unpaid rent. And then Sadie Harris shows up...
• Episode 5: I’m a victim! 28.06.2024 32m

  By 2020, Samantha Cookes has spent the last 6 years of her life moving around Ireland from coast to coast, pretending to be someone she’s not, before being rumbled and moving on. But now, she’s about to take things to a whole different level with a new identity that she wants the whole world to know about. What could possibly go wrong?...
• Episode 4: I’m Rebecca Fitzgerald! 21.06.2024 41m

  Knowing she’s been rumbled in Dublin, 'Lucy' (aka Samantha Cookes) disappears before showing up on the opposite side of the country, at a small village on the West Coast of Ireland. She begins work as an au pair and moves into the home and lives of another unsuspecting family, caring for their children.
• Episode 3: I'm Lucy Fitzwilliams! 14.06.2024 32m

  Samantha Cookes is now living as Lucy Fitzwilliams. She’s moved to Dublin and begins to settle into a new community in the affluent south side, quickly becoming a friendly face. Lucy begins working with children. But then things start to unravel when two local women begin to question who they’ve left into their lives.
• Episode 2: I’m Samantha Cookes! 07.06.2024 41m

  Having found out that Carrie Jade Williams never existed, we go in search of the real person behind it all, Samantha Cookes and go right to where this story all began, in the West of England. Following Samantha’s life story takes us all over the UK and across the Irish sea as we begin to get inside a much bigger story than we thought possible…
• Episode 1: I'm Carrie Jade Williams! 07.06.2024 29m

  EP1: When we first went to meet Carrie Jade Williams in 2021, we were blown away by her strength, her determination and her untold story. She was a young woman on a pioneering journey, not only to help herself, but to help others. We wanted to help her tell her story. But then we slowly began to realise that all was not as it seems. (2024)
• The Real Carrie Jade: Trailer 20.05.2024 3m

  A new multi-episodic series from RTÉ Documentary On One in Ireland. Starts June 7th 2024.