Season 1 Plot
The three-part investigative docuseries on New Zealand's most extreme religious cult, Gloriavale, and the true stories of people attempting to break free. Escaping Utopia documents the intricate planning that goes into clandestine escapes from Gloriavale - with unprecedented access to its inner workings, the unravelling of its leadership and the pursuit of justice by the group of passionate and dedicated people known as The Gloriavale Leavers' Trust. WARNING: Deals with the issue of sexual abuse.
Escaping Utopia Season 1 aired on March 24th, 2024.
Season 1 Episodes
1. Episode 1
New Zealand’s Gloriavale community has been closeted from the rest of the world for fifty years – but now there’s a growing group of leavers fighting to free their loved ones inside. WARNING: Deals with the issue of sexual abuse.
2. Episode 2
A dogged journalist is determined to expose the shocking truth about the Gloriavale Christian Community – but is it’s charismatic leader too powerful for the laws of the land? WARNING: Deals with the issue of sexual abuse.
3. Episode 3
A group of former members fight tooth and nail to bring down the Gloriavale Christian Community – and expose its most shocking secret yet. WARNING: Deals with the issue of sexual abuse.
