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The Next Best Thing

Comedy drama starring Madonna and Rupert Everett. Two best friends, a straight woman and a gay man, decide to raise a child together. But five years later, a custody battle ensues.

Abbie, a thirty-something yoga teacher, finds solace in the arms of her gay best friend Robert after yet another failed relationship comes to an end. On discovering her pregnancy Abbie and Robert are faced with some tough decisions about the future of their relationship, much complicated by the arrival of her gorgeous, straight Mr Right.

1 hour, 48 minutes

Last on

Thu 13 Aug 200900:05
BBC One except Northern Ireland

Credits

Abbie ReynoldsMadonna Ciccone
DirectorJohn Schlesinger
Robert WhittakerRupert Everett
Ben CooperBenjamin Bratt
Elizabeth RyderIlleana Douglas
DavidNeil Patrick Harris
AnnabelSuzanne Krull
FinnStacy Edwards
Helen WhittakerLynn Redgrave
Richard WhittakerJosef Sommer
SamMalcolm Stumpf
CardiologistMark Valley
Kevin LasaterMichael Vartan
ProducerLinne Radmin
ProducerLeslie Dixon

Broadcasts

  • Christmas Day 200600:35
    BBC One South & Wales only
  • Thu 13 Aug 200900:05
    BBC One except Northern Ireland