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  • BBC Two
  • Sep 13, 2017
  • BBC Two
  • Sep 13, 2017
The Other One

Summary Cathy Walcott's (Ellie White) life is turned upside down when her father dies suddenly, revealing he had another family, including a daughter (Lauren Socha) also named Catherine Walcott in this comedy written by Holly Walsh. [Originally premiered as a pilot episode on BBC 2 on 13 Sep 2017, a full season on BBC1 on 12 Jun 2020. Airs i...

Created By: Holly Walsh

  • BBC Two
  • Sep 13, 2017
  • BBC Two
  • Sep 13, 2017
The Other One
Season 1
Season Premiere: Sep 13, 2017
Metascore Generally Favorable
80
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Summary Cathy Walcott's (Ellie White) life is turned upside down when her father dies suddenly, revealing he had another family, including a daughter (Lauren Socha) also named Catherine Walcott in this comedy written by Holly Walsh. [Originally premiered as a pilot episode on BBC 2 on 13 Sep 2017, a full season on BBC1 on 12 Jun 2020. Airs i...

Created By: Holly Walsh

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Episode 1 • Sep 13, 2017
Pilot
Colin Walcott dies at his surprise birthday party, where his wife Tess and daughter Cathy find out about his other wife and daughter. Cat and Cathy are polar opposites but eventually bond when deciding where to scatter his ashes.
Episode 2 • Jun 5, 2020 • 30 m
Episode #1.2
Cathy and Cat cannot find their dad's will; at their joint birthday party, their mums war over which family their dad loved more.
Episode 3 • Jun 5, 2020 • 28 m
Episode #1.3
Cathy is forced to take compassionate leave from work but can't bear to tell Tess, so Cat lets Cathy hide at her house and throws her a party to cheer her up
Episode 4 • Jun 5, 2020 • 28 m
Episode #1.4
Cathy proposes that they get Colin a memorial bench, but as Cat doesn't have the money, she must improvise. Cathy also agrees to teach Cat how to ride a bike, with disastrous results.
Episode 5 • Jun 5, 2020 • 29 m
Episode #1.5
With her mum refusing to go, Cathy's hen do invitees are Auntie Dawn, Marilyn, Cat, and an old school friend. It doesn't turn out to be the classy, edifying affair Cathy wanted.
Episode 6 • Jun 5, 2020 • 28 m
Episode #1.6
It's the night before the wedding, but Cathy can't enjoy her drink-up; she's obsessed by a scuff on the wall Marcus made, and the sisters run into Cat's old school bully.
Episode 7 • Jun 5, 2020 • 29 m
Episode #1.7
Cat decides to take Cathy on their own sister honeymoon to cheer her up. Marilyn finds Colin's missing will, and she and Tess need to tell the girls the shocking news.

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80
Aug 12, 2020
The Other One takes a unique look at death and mourning, couched in a story about two families thrown together under extreme circumstances. The show’s warmth is established almost right away and will only get better.
By Joel Keller FULL REVIEW
80
Aug 10, 2020
Acorn's imported British comedy The Other One, also inspired by a true story of fraudulent fatherhood and long-lost siblings, charmingly finds the middle ground between dense pathos and glib laughs. The show is a rare gem.
By Robyn Bahr FULL REVIEW
80
Aug 3, 2020
The show’s creator, Holly Walsh, deftly undercuts the inherent sentimentalities of her story, even as the supremely uptight Cathy (Ellie White) and the raucous, free-spirited Cat (Lauren Socha) predictably overcome their differences and form a new family blended from emotional openness and cheap white wine run through a SodaStream.
By Mike Hale FULL REVIEW
80
Aug 3, 2020
It’s a show with a loving heart that nevertheless manages to remain witty and fleet, doing a lot with every scene and never wasting a minute.
By Lucy Mangan FULL REVIEW

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