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One Child (TV series)

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60%
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Directed by
  
John Alexander

Original language(s)
  
English

No. of episodes
  
3

Written by
  
Guy Hibbert

Language
  
English

6.5/10
IMDb

67%
Rotten Tomatoes

Country of origin
  
United KingdomChina

No. of series
  
1

First episode date
  
17 February 2016

Genre
  
Drama

Networks
  
BBC Two, SundanceTV

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Starring
  
Katie LeungElizabeth PerkinsDonald Sumpter

Similar
  
Five Minutes of Heaven, The Honourable Woman, How to Live with Your Par, The Red Road, Top of the Lake

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One Child is a BBC drama series part of the BBC's China season, shown over three sixty minute episodes. The series follows a girl called Mei Ashley (Katie Leung) who discovers that she has a brother, Li Jun (Sebastian So) that she never knew about and that he is due to be sentenced to death for a murder he did not commit.

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Cast

  • Katie Leung as Mei Ashley, a girl who finds she has a brother.
  • Donald Sumpter as Jim Ashley, Mei's adoptive father.
  • Elizabeth Perkins as Katherine Ashley, Mei's adoptive mother.
  • Mardy Ma as Liu Ying, Mei's biological mother.
  • Sebastian So as Li Jun, Mei's brother.
  • Linh Pham as Pan Qianyi, a journalist.
  • Junix Inocianas Lin Zhouqing, a private detective.
  • Harry Wong as Guan Xiaopeng, the murderer.

    • Episodes

    One Child aired in three sixty minute episodes, but originally it was to be aired in two ninety minute episodes.

    Filming

    One Child is set in Guangzhou but was filmed in Hong Kong and Britain, as under Chinese law before anything is filmed all scripts have to be approved by the Chinese government but this law does not apply in Hong Kong as it is an administrative region.

    References

    One Child (TV series) Wikipedia
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