Story :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 BlethynCynthia Rose Purley
Marianne Jean-BaptisteHortense Cumberbatch
Timothy SpallMaurice Purley
Phyllis LoganMonica Purley
Claire RushbrookRoxanne Purley
Lee RossPaul
Lesley ManvilleThe Social Worker
Elizabeth BerringtonJane
Michele AustinDionne
Ron CookStuart
Trevor LairdHortense's Brother
Brian BovellHortense's Brother
Emma AmosGirl with Scar
Clare PerkinsHortense's Sister in Law
Elias Perkins McCookHortense's Nephew
Jane MitchellSenior Optician (as June Mitchell)
Janice AcquahJunior Optician
Keylee Jade FlandersGirl in Opticians (as Keeley Flanders)