''The Other One'' is a British television comedy series broadcast on

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, written and directed by

Holly Walsh Holly Dione Walsh (born 8 November 1980) is an English comedian and comedy writer. Early life The daughter of an Anglican vicar, Walsh attended Christ's Hospital School, before going on to read History of Art at Gonville and Caius College, Camb ...

and starring

Ellie White Ellie White (born 1989) is an English comedy actress. She is best known for playing Princess Beatrice of York in the British royal family parody, ''The Windsors'' (2016–2020), and Katia in the sitcom, '' Stath Lets Flats'' (2018–2021). ...

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Rebecca Front Rebecca Louise Front (born 16 May 1964) is an English actress, writer and comedian. She won the 2010 BAFTA TV Award for Best Female Comedy Performance for ''The Thick of It'' (2009–2012).Jennifer Lipma"Bafta for Jewish actress Rebecca Front" ...

and

Siobhan Finneran Siobhán Margaret Finneran (born 27 April 1966) is a British actress. She made her screen debut in the 1987 independent film ''Rita, Sue and Bob Too'', and subsequently worked consistently in television drama including roles in ''Coronation Stre ...

Plot

The

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follows young Catherine "Cathy" Walcott (

) & her half sister, Catherine "Cat" Walcott (

), who had no idea of each other's existence until their father's untimely death at a birthday party.

Production

Walsh was inspired to write the sitcom after hearing a true story about a man with two families who gave his kids the same name to avoid confusion or being sprung.

Cast

as Catherine "Cathy" Walcott, a woman who finds out she has a half-sister with the same name after her father's death *

as Catherine "Cat" Walcott, Cathy's younger half-sister, who is introduced to her at her father's funeral *

as Tess Walcott, Cathy's mother and the widow of Colin *

as Marilyn, Colin's eccentric mistress and the mother of Cat; she suffered from

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as Marcus Tandell, Cathy's ex-fiancé *

Simon Greenall Simon James Greenall (born 3 January 1958) is an English actor, producer, writer and voice artist. He has portrayed Michael in the BBC television series '' I'm Alan Partridge'', as well as in '' Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa,'' the Caretaker in ...

as Colin Walcott, Cathy and Cat's late father *

Caroline Quentin Caroline Quentin (born Caroline Jones; 11 July 1960) is an English actress, broadcaster and television presenter. Quentin became known for her television appearances: portraying Dorothy in ''Men Behaving Badly'' (1992–1998), Maddie Magellan in ...

as Auntie Dawn (Tess's Sister) *

Shobu Kapoor Shobu Kapoor (born 28 May 1961) is a British actress of Indian descent. Life and career She is most notable for playing the role of Gita Kapoor, the long-suffering wife of market trader Sanjay (Deepak Verma), in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders ...

as Mishti Tandell, Marcus' mother *

Silas Carson Silas Carson (born 1965) is an English actor, mostly known for playing Jedi Master Ki-Adi-Mundi and Viceroy Nute Gunray in all three of the ''Star Wars'' prequels and providing the voice of the Ood in ''Doctor Who''. Life and career In ''Sta ...

as Shray Tandell, Marcus' father *

Neil Pearson Neil John Pearson (born 27 April 1959) is a British actor, known for his work on television. He was nominated for the 1994 BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor for '' Between the Lines'' (1992–1994). His other television roles include ''Drop the D ...

as Paul *

Stephen Tompkinson Stephen Phillip Tompkinson (born 15 October 1965) is an English actor, known for his television roles as Marcus in '' Chancer '' (1990), Damien Day in ''Drop the Dead Donkey'' (1990–1998), Father Peter Clifford in ''Ballykissangel'' (1996–9 ...

as Mr Shipham *Maddie Rice as Meredith, Marcus' lover *Christopher Jeffers as Callum (Series 2) *

Michele Austin Michele Austin is a British actress best known for her role as PC Yvonne Hemmingway on ITV's ''The Bill'', for which she won the Screen Nation award for best television actress in 2005. Early life and career She studied acting at Rose Bruford ...

as Angela, Callum's mother (Series 2) *

Lolly Adefope Ololade "Lolly" Adefope (born 14 September 1990) is a British stand-up comedian and actress, specialising in character comedy. She is known for playing the role of Fran in the Hulu comedy series '' Shrill'', and as Kitty, the ghost of a Georgian ...

as Pretty Cathy, one of Cathy’s old school friends (Series 2)

Episodes

Pilot (2017)

Series 1 (2020)

Series 2 (2022)

Reception

Critic Emily Baker in the ''i'' newspaper gave the first episode four stars and commented on the “stellar acting”.

References

External links

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