This is Episode 1 - Our guest for season 5 of "Everything I know About Me" is ex-police detective and whistle-blower, script consultant and charity campaigner  - Maggie Oliver. Maggie was interviewed in her home in Altrincham in July 2024 where she opened up about her childhood in the suburbs of Manchester, her reasons for joining the police force as a 40 year old mother of 4, how she found herself tasked with investigating the grooming gangs in the Greater Manchester area and the failings she encountered by the GMP to tackle the gangs that ultimately led her to resign and blow the whistle on her former employers.  In this episode, we go right to the beginning and hear about her childhood in the Northern towns of Sale and Bacup how her mother’s Austrian heritage contributed to her developing a sense of injustice at an early age.  We hear about how her relationship with the love of her life Norman was almost derailed by the appearance of an ex flame and how after many years of domestic bliss resulting in 4 children, Maggie shocked everyone around her by signing up to the police force. Producer: Ósk Pétursdóttir Narrator: Lisa Snell Videographer: Monty Vann Editor: Chelsey Moore Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini Executive Producer: Jamie East A Daily Mail Production: Seriously Popular Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices