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''One Child'' is a 2014
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Sundance TV
Sundance TV (formerly known as Sundance Channel) is an American pay television channel owned by AMC Networks that launched on February 1, 1996. The channel is named after Robert Redford's character in ''Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'' and, w ...
drama miniseries. Following its initial two-night premiere on Sundance TV, it aired as part of the BBC's China season in 2016, where it was shown over three sixty-minute episodes. The series follows a girl called Mei Ashley (
Katie Leung
Katie Leung (born 8 August 1987; ) is a Scottish actress. Initially famous for playing Cho Chang, the titular character's first love interest in the ''Harry Potter'' film series, she is also known for her roles as Caitlyn in the animated se ...
) 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.
Cast
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Katie Leung
Katie Leung (born 8 August 1987; ) is a Scottish actress. Initially famous for playing Cho Chang, the titular character's first love interest in the ''Harry Potter'' film series, she is also known for her roles as Caitlyn in the animated se ...
as Mei Ashley, a girl who finds she has a brother.
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Donald Sumpter
Donald Sumpter (born 13 February 1943) is an English actor who has appeared in film and television since the mid-1960s.
Career
One of his early television appearances was the 1968 ''Doctor Who'' serial ''The Wheel in Space'' with Patrick Troug ...
as Jim Ashley, Mei's adoptive father.
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Elizabeth Perkins
Elizabeth Ann Perkins (born November 18, 1960) is an American actress. Her film roles have included '' About Last Night'' (1986), ''Big'' (1988), ''Avalon'' (1990), and '' He Said, She Said'' (1991), ''The Flintstones'' (1994), ''Miracle on 34th ...
as Katherine Ashley, Mei's adoptive mother.
*Mardy Ma as Liu Ying, Mei's biological mother.
*Sebastian So as Li Jun, Mei's brother.
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Linh Dan Pham
Linh Dan Pham (born ; June 20, 1974) is a Vietnamese-born French actress.
Biography
She was born in Saigon, South Vietnam, but moved with her family to Paris, France, a year later, just before the capture of Saigon by North Vietnamese and Viet ...
as Pan Qianyi, a journalist.
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Junix Inocian
Junix Inocian (born Rufino Duran Inocian, Jr.; March 17, 1951 – June 13, 2015) was a Filipino actor and comedian. He starred in various plays, such as ''Miss Saigon'', '' Fiddler on the Roof'', the film version of the Swedish crime novel ''Tatue ...
as Lin Zhouqing, a private detective.
*Harry Wong as Guan Xiaopeng, the murderer.
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Selina Lo as Xu Lian, witness to the murder.
Episodes
''One Child'' aired in sixty-minute episodes for its UK release,
but originally aired in ninety-minute episodes as a two-night special event. For its digital release on streaming platforms, it has retained the three-episode format presented here.
Filming
''One Child'' is set in
Guangzhou
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but was filmed in
Hong Kong
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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
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.
[Tatlow, Didi Kirsten (30 November 2014)]
"Opaque Justice in China: Katie Leung Stars in 'One Child' by Guy Hibbert"
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References
External links
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*{{IMDb title, id=3864896, title=One Child
Production website at SundanceTV
2010s British drama television series
2016 British television series debuts
2016 British television series endings
BBC television dramas
BBC Television shows
English-language television shows
Guangzhou
Television shows set in China