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Other People's Children

2000-09-10 · 50 min / episode · ★ 8.0

Drama

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.

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Lesley ManvilleLesley ManvilleNadine
Denis LawsonDenis LawsonTom
Joanne FroggattJoanne FroggattBecky
Indira VarmaIndira VarmaAmy
Ben WhishawBen WhishawSully
James MurrayJames MurrayLucas
Serena GordonSerena GordonElizabeth
Emilia FoxEmilia FoxDale
Benjamin WhitrowBenjamin WhitrowDuncan
Jim SturgessJim SturgessBarry
Emma FieldingEmma FieldingJosie
Frank HarperFrank HarperMatthew

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