Other People's Children

Other People's Children

2000
Other People's Children
Other People's Children

Other People's Children

6.7 | en | 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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Seasons & Episodes

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EP4  Four
Oct. 01,2000
Four

Increasingly concerned for the welfare of the missing becky, josie and matthew find their marriage coming under strain; Elisabeth is getting wise to the machinations of dale and gives Tom a choice - her or his daughter.

EP3  Three
Sep. 24,2000
Three

Tom announces that he is to remarry, dale is determined the wedding won't take place. Becky, matthews daughter, is making life difficult for him and Josie, she then decides to run away from home.

EP2  Two
Sep. 17,2000
Two

When christmas comes around Nadine is determined to have her children with her but soon realises life as a single parent is none too easy. dale, meanwhile, doesn't like her father Tom may be heading towards marriage with Elizabeth.

EP1  One
Sep. 10,2000
One

Having left their partners Josie and Matthew try to make a go of their new relationship but Matthew is having trouble with his three kids thanks to the machinations of his ex-wife.

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Released: 2000-09-10 | Released Producted By: , Country: United Kingdom Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:
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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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Cast

Lesley Manville , Denis Lawson , Joanne Froggatt

Director

Joanna Trollope

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Reviews

prose It's very rarely that a dramatisation of a novel outstrips it in intensity, but this TV adaption surprised me. Joanna Trollope's novel, like all her novels in my opinion (and I've read them all to date) was much gentler than the series suggests. Particularly strong were the child actors, showing the viewer with very few words how traumatic their parents' troubles were for them. Watching this, I was tempted to think that the children were the strong ones, and the adults could have done with standing in a corner for a while!The adult cast is also strong, with particular mention of Denis Lawson - aging beautifully!!! - as the father ground down by the manipulating of his grown daughter, and also Lesley Manville as the very distressed and disturbed Nadine. Also worth a mention is Emilia Fox as Dale, the manipulative, but very childlike daughter of Tom, the Denis Lawson character. I almost didn't give her special mention because I've never yet seen a performance of hers which is anything other than extrordinary!This is a very modern tale well told. A must-see for all who enjoy people-stories.