18 Mar 2023
The Hillsdale Adoption Scam
Desperate for a child, a couple welcome a surrogate mother into their lives, only to discover she's a con artist who's out to steal their money.
Secrets & Lies
After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth mother. She's shocked when her research leads her to Cynthia, a working class white woman.
Top Billed Cast
Brenda Blethyn Cynthia Rose Purley
Marianne Jean-Baptiste Hortense Cumberbatch
Timothy Spall Maurice Purley
Phyllis Logan Monica Purley
Claire Rushbrook Roxanne Purley
Lee Ross Paul
Lesley Manville The Social Worker
Elizabeth Berrington Jane
Michele Austin Dionne
Ron Cook Stuart
Trevor Laird Hortense's Brother
Brian Bovell Hortense's Brother
Emma Amos Girl with Scar
Clare Perkins Hortense's Sister in Law
Elias Perkins McCook Hortense's Nephew
Jane Mitchell Senior Optician (as June Mitchell)
Janice Acquah Junior Optician
Keylee Jade Flanders Girl in Opticians (as Keeley Flanders)
Terence Harvey First Bride's Father
Kate O'Malley Second Bride
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