Drama /

Score: 75.5%( 672 votes )

Overview: After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth mother. She's shocked when her research leads her to Cynthia, a working class white woman.

Cast:

Brenda Blethyn
Cynthia Rose Purley

Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Hortense Cumberbatch

Timothy Spall
Maurice Purley

Phyllis Logan
Monica Purley

Claire Rushbrook
Roxanne Purley

Lee Ross
Paul

Lesley Manville
The Social Worker

Elizabeth Berrington
Jane

Michele Austin
Dionne

Ron Cook
Stuart

Trevor Laird
Hortense's Brother

Brian Bovell
Hortense's Brother

Emma Amos
Girl with Scar

Clare Perkins
Hortense's Sister in Law

Elias Perkins McCook
Hortense's Nephew

Jane Mitchell
Senior Optician (as June Mitchell)

Janice Acquah
Junior Optician

Keylee Jade Flanders
Girl in Opticians (as Keeley Flanders)

Hannah Davis
First Bride

Terence Harvey
First Bride's Father

Kate O'Malley
Second Bride

Joe Tucker
Groom

Richard Syms
Vicar

Grant Masters
Best Man

Annie Hayes
Mother in Family Group

Jean Ainslie
Grandmother

Lucy Sheen
Nurse

Frances Ruffelle
Young Mother

Nitin Ganatra
Potential Suitor

Metin Marlow
Conjuror

Su Elliot
Raunchy Woman

Amanda Crossley
Raunchy Woman

Di Sherlock
Raunchy Woman

David Neilson
Man in Suit

Peter Waddington
Man in Suit

Peter Stockbridge
Man in Suit

Rachel Lewis
Graduate

Paul Trussell
Grinning Husband

Jonny Coyne
Fiance

Denise Orita
Uneasy Woman

Margery Withers
Elderly Lady

Gordon Winter
Laughing Man

Theresa Watson
Daughter

Peter Wight
Father in Family Group

Gary McDonald
Boxer

Alison Steadman
Woman with Dog

Liz Smith
Woman with Cat

Sheila Kelley
Fertile Mother

Angela Curran
Little Boy's Mother

Linda Beckett
Pin Up Housewife

Phil Davis
Man in Suit

Wendy Nottingham
Glum Woman

Anthony O'Donnell
Uneasy Man

Ruth Sheen
Laughing Woman

Mia Soteriou
Fiancee

Stephen Churchett
Man in Suit