One Child (TV series)

One Child

One Child title sequence
Genre Drama
Written by Guy Hibbert
Directed by John Alexander
Starring Katie Leung
Elizabeth Perkins
Donald Sumpter
Country of origin United Kingdom
China
Original language(s) English
No. of series 1
No. of episodes 3
Production
Producer(s) Hilary Salmon
Running time 60 minutes
Production company(s) SundanceTV
Release
Original network BBC Two
Picture format PAL
16:9
1080i
Original release 17 February (2016-02-17) – 2 March 2016 (2016-03-02)

One Child is a BBC drama series part of the BBC's China season, shown over three sixty minute episodes.[1] 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.[1]

Cast

Episodes

One Child aired in three sixty minute episodes,[1] but originally it was to be aired in two ninety minute episodes.[2]

# Title Directed by Written by Original airdate
1"Episode One"John AlexanderGuy Hibbert17 February 2016 (2016-02-17)
Mei was adopted from China as a baby living in the United Kingdom, she get a message for a chinese journalist called Pan Qianyi telling her that she has a brother who is due to be executed for a crime he didn't commit.
2"Episode Two"John AlexanderGuy Hibbert24 February 2016 (2016-02-24)
Mei hires a private detective Lin Zhouqing, to make the witnesses to change their police statements to the truth.
3"Episode Three"John AlexanderGuy Hibbert2 March 2016 (2016-03-02)
It's the final hearing for Li Jun and Mei is offered a choice. Will she make the right decision?

Filming

One Child is set in Guangzhou but was filmed in Hong Kong and Britain, as under Chinese law before anything is filmed all scripts have to be approved by the Chinese government but this law does not apply in Hong Kong as it is an administrative region.[3]

"In order to film in China the whole project needs to approved and we didn’t attempt that. We didn’t imagine that the scripts would be approved,"

— Interview with Hilary Salmon (executive producer), Radio Times.[3]

"while the drama depicts a clear case of police corruption, the Chinese Government are making strides in tackling similar problems and that they have “nothing to fear” from the drama."

— Interview with Guy Hibbert (writer), Radio Times.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "One Child (3x60 mins)". BBC. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "BBC Two announce compelling new drama commission by Guy Hibbert, One Child". BBC. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 Dowell, Ben (2 February 2016). "BBC drama One Child filmed in Hong Kong to avoid censorship from Chinese authorities". Radio Times. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
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