Other People's Children
TV series
Other People's Children
2000, English, on BBC One.
Other People's Children is a four-episode 2000 British television drama, adapted by Leigh Jackson from Joanna Trollope's 1998 novel of the same name. The series tells the story of how three women and two men deal with new marriages and the consequences of the new spouses or partners having to deal with their partner's children of different ages from previous marriages.
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 4
- Episode length
- 50 min
- Status
- Ended in 2000
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Latest episode
S1 E4: Four
Aired 1 October 2000
Seasons 1
Cast & crew
- Lesley ManvilleNadine · 4 ep
- Denis LawsonTom · 4 ep
- Joanne FroggattBecky · 4 ep
- Indira VarmaAmy · 4 ep
- Ben WhishawSully · 4 ep
- James MurrayLucas · 4 ep
- Serena GordonElizabeth · 4 ep
- Emilia FoxDale · 4 ep
- Benjamin WhitrowDuncan · 4 ep
- Jim SturgessBarry · 4 ep
- Emma FieldingJosie · 4 ep
- Frank HarperMatthew · 4 ep
Details
- First aired
- 10 September 2000
- Last aired
- 1 October 2000
- Network
- BBC One
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Type
- Scripted
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Other People's Children has 1 season and 4 episodes, about 50 minutes each.
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