TV series
Other People's Children
2000 · 1 season
A quiet, closely observed drama about blended families, where everyday tensions and small betrayals accumulate into a poignant, emotionally honest portrait of parenthood and love.
- Created by
- Pete Travis
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Lesley Manville, Denis Lawson, Joanne Froggatt
- Overview
- 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.
- How it feels
- Melancholic, earnest, tense and warm. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Family, parenthood, love, betrayal
- Content
- Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Created by
- Pete Travis
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Lesley Manville, Denis Lawson, Joanne Froggatt











