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Dustbin Baby

Moving family drama, based on Jacqueline Wilson's novel, following the story of a teenager who sets out to discover her origins and, along the way, discovers where she belongs.

Moving family drama, based on Jacqueline Wilson's novel, following the story of a teenager who sets out to discover her origins and, along the way, discovers where she belongs.

Having been left in a dustbin as a baby, the 14-year-old walks out on her foster mother following a row and determines to discover her past. As her foster mother searches frantically for her, their journeys take them on a course that will change their lives forever.

While young April goes back into the world foster care, remembering and revisiting the people who shaped her life, her foster mother tries to understand where she went wrong and finally goes in search of the dustbin where the baby was found 14 years before.

1 hour, 28 minutes

Last on

Thu 21 Apr 201114:00

Credits

RoleContributor
Marion BeanJuliet Stevenson
CathySaffron Coomber
HannahPoppy Lee Friar
SandraJenna Boyd
ElliotDavid Haig
Pat WilliamsDi Botcher
Little AprilLucy Hutchinson
Daniel JohnsonIan Kelsey
Janet JohnsonCarol Starks
Mrs StevensonJane McDowell
Mr StevensonSimon Roberts
PolicewomanJoanna Dunn
StrangerBen McKay
Police OfficerPeter Bramhill
FrankieChris Ryman
Hoody BoyElijah Baker
Big MoNicola Duffett
Little PeteTat Whalley
RobbieLouis Payne
AsifWaleed Akhtar
Railway WomanChizzy Akudolu
AuthorJacqueline Wilson
WriterHelen Blakeman

Broadcasts

  • Sun 21 Dec 200815:25
  • Christmas Eve 200814:40
  • Fri 2 Jan 200918:00
  • Sat 24 Jan 200919:35
  • Sat 7 Mar 200916:55
  • Mon 4 May 200911:30
  • Sun 10 May 200917:00
  • Mon 25 May 200913:50
  • Wed 23 Dec 200916:15
  • Sun 3 Jan 201017:15
  • Mon 31 May 201015:20
  • Sat 18 Sep 201018:00
  • Sun 19 Sep 201014:05
  • Wed 13 Apr 201114:00
  • Thu 21 Apr 201114:00

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