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Detective drama set in 1968. When the adopted child of a middle-class couple is kidnapped, suspicion falls upon the baby's birth mother.

It is 1968 and the shame of illegitimacy still burns the cheeks of single mothers and the families who force their unmarried daughters into 'mother and baby homes'. When the adopted child of a middle-class couple is kidnapped, suspicion falls upon the baby's birth mother. However, Gently and Bacchus's investigation into the mother and baby home itself reveals a much darker side to this hothouse of morality and raises serious questions about this seemingly perfect couple.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Credits

Role Contributor
George Gently Martin Shaw
John Bacchus Lee Ingleby
Producer Faye Dorn
Director Gillies MacKinnon
Writer Peter Flannery
Frances Groves Helen Baxendale
Stephen Groves Mark Gatiss
Esther Dunwoody Alison Steadman
Peter Bacchus Tony Haygarth
PC Taylor Simon Hubbard
Hazel Joyce Faye Castelow
Mary Molly Roberts
Susan Faulkner Holly Lucas
Andrew Fleming Andrew Frame
Farmer Kennedy Terence Hillyer
Gareth Jordan Dawes
Leigh Ann Bacchus Katie Anderson
Young Frances Jessica Hargreaves
Young Stephen Samuel Clayton

Broadcasts

  • Sun 9 Sep 2012 20:30
  • Sun 30 Dec 2012 22:00

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