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Dustbin Baby

Moving family drama, based on Jacqueline Wilson's novel, following the story of a teenager who sets out to discover her origins and, along the way, discovers where she belongs.

Moving family drama, based on Jacqueline Wilson's novel, following the story of a teenager who sets out to discover her origins and, along the way, discovers where she belongs.

Having been left in a dustbin as a baby, the 14-year-old walks out on her foster mother following a row and determines to discover her past. As her foster mother searches frantically for her, their journeys take them on a course that will change their lives forever.

While young April goes back into the world foster care, remembering and revisiting the people who shaped her life, her foster mother tries to understand where she went wrong and finally goes in search of the dustbin where the baby was found 14 years before.

1 hour, 28 minutes

Last on

Thu 21 Apr 2011 14:00
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Credits

Marion Bean Juliet Stevenson
Cathy Saffron Coomber
Hannah Poppy Lee Friar
Sandra Jenna Boyd
Elliot David Haig
Pat Williams Di Botcher
Little April Lucy Hutchinson
Daniel Johnson Ian Kelsey
Janet Johnson Carol Starks
Mrs Stevenson Jane McDowell
Mr Stevenson Simon Roberts
Policewoman Joanna Dunn
Stranger Ben McKay
Police Officer Peter Bramhill
Frankie Chris Ryman
Hoody Boy Elijah Baker
Big Mo Nicola Duffett
Little Pete Tat Whalley
Robbie Louis Payne
Asif Waleed Akhtar
Railway Woman Chizzy Akudolu
Author Jacqueline Wilson
Writer Helen Blakeman

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