BBC Two - Lizard (original) (raw)

An eight-year-old girl with an ability to sense danger gets ejected from her Sunday school. She unwittingly witnesses the hidden underbelly in and around a mega church in Lagos.

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After eight-year-old Juwon, who has the ability to sense danger, gets removed from Bible class by her Sunday school teacher, she follows an agama lizard into the bowels of the Heaven’s Gate mega church.

Her journey into the labyrinth exposes the inner financial workings and hidden activities behind the scenes, plunging her deeper and deeper - until she is confronted by a spellbinding sermon and a congregation worshipping in a hypnotised frenzy.

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BBC Two Northern Ireland HD & Northern Ireland only

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Director Akinola Davies
Writer Akinola Davies
Writer Wale Davies

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