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One Child

The journey of Mei a Chinese-born young woman as she is called back to Guangzhou by her birth mother in desperately seeking help to save her son who has been wrongly-accused of murder. The journey explores Mei's inner battle as she decides how far she will go to help the woman who gave her away and the brother she's never met.

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Katie Leung
Mei Ashley
Mardy Ma
Liu Ying
Elizabeth Perkins
Katherine Ashley

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Episode 1

Part One

Fri, Dec 5, 201458 mins

Chinese-born Mei lives in London with adoptive parents Jim and Katherine, while studying astrophysics at university. Out of the blue she gets a message from journalist Pan Qiyani back in China and learns that, under the reprehensible former policy whereby families were restricted to having one child her mother Liu Ying gave her away as she already had a son Ajun. Now Liu Ying needs her help as Ajun, the brother Mei has never met, has been accused of murder during a club brawl to which he was a witness. Returning to China Mei is told that the real killer is Guan Xiaopeng, scion of a wealthy family keen to pay to pervert the course of justice. Visiting Ajun in prison Mei bonds with him but feels unable to help in any way. Nonethelss she agrees to stay in China.

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Awards

  • 2016 - RTS Television Award - Best Drama - nominated

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