Comedian, actor and writer Kate-Lois Elliott‘s family were brought up in a religious Christian cult based in South London until they escaped when her mother was 16.

She says: “My Mum was born into the cult; my family had been part of it for many generations, so it wasn’t a choice to join. Like many cults, I think it started innocently enough, a bunch of Christian people who wanted to worship without the yoke of the church telling them exactly how, just meeting for a cup of tea and a chat…”