Normal Saturday night?
These friends’ recreation of scenes from The Moorside is the strangest thing you’ll see today
A GROUP of friends have posted a video of themselves recreating The Moorside online, and people seem to love it.
The Moorside was a two-episode BBC TV series based on the notorious fake kidnapping of nine-year-old Shannon Matthews in 2008.
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Shannon disappeared on her way home and was found 28 days later at the home of Michael Donovan.
Shannon's mum Karen was found to have faked the kidnapping alongside Michael, who was her partner Craig Meehan's uncle, so they could collect reward money by 'finding' the little girl.
The clip shows three friends playing the roles of Karen, Karen’s best friend Julie (played by Sheridan Smith on the show) and Karen's partner Craig.
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The video was uploaded to with the caption: “Normal Saturday night recreating Moorside,” and has racked up 1.4 million views.
The trio re-enact the moment Julie confronts a sobbing Karen asking if she knew where her daughter was being kept.
Clutching a teddy bear and fake-sobbing, the girl playing Karen admits she knew the location of Shannon.
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The attention shifts to a baseball cap-wearing man playing the role of Shannon’s step-dad Craig.
'Julie' - clad in the red coat she wore on the series - yells, “For f***'s sake Craig, what have you taken?” in relation to his character’s attempted overdose in the show.
'Craig' replies saying it is Calpol and then starts talking about the laptop on his knee.
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“But Calpol?” 'Julie' asks, “we’ve got Paracetamol, why the f*** Calpol?”
He replies: “It was all we had in ‘ouse.”
The viral video ends with 'Karen' and 'Craig' pleading to the camera for Shannon to come home.
Off-screen laughter can be heard as the girl portraying Karen raises the bear to the screen in mock sadness.
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She ends the video saying: “Shannon come home, you aren’t in trouble.”
The clip was uploaded by Facebook user Jess Wall, who also shared an image of the trio posing as the characters in their home.
Many people have commented on the video saying it is an accurate representation of the TV show.
One user said: "Not laughing at the situation, but their portrayal of the characters is hilarious".
The cast of The Moorside were praised for their representation of the people in the Shannon Matthews case.
Sheridan Smith in particular was given credit for her performance and Julie Bushby said the BBC show is "very close to the truth".
The BBC drama smashed 15 years worth of viewing figures as 9.9million fans tuned in to see the re-enactment.
The Moorside viewers were such fans of the episodes that there were pleas for more scenes to be aired.
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