One Child (2014)

Genre

drama

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 4 episodes

Rated

18+

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman in the UK finds out she has a brother in China who is about to be executed for a murder she believes he didn't commit. She tries to uncover the truth and save him.

emotionalsuspensefulurgentpersonalsomberfamily-centeredtense

What happens

One Child is a 2014 BBC and Sundance TV 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) 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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