Drama. Two couples, one black the other white are trying to conceive using IVF treatment. Laura, the white woman, falls pregnant – but then the clinic realise there may have been a mix-up with the embryos and when the baby is born it is black. There follows a custody battle for the child with both couples wanting the baby.
The four main players were actors – all other parts, such as lawyers and clinical specialists were played by real professionals with improvised dialogue.
UK | Channel 4 | 1×90 minutes | 21 April 2005
Writer: Zinnie Harris | Director: Ian Duncan | Producer: Oliver Morse
cast
SOPHIE OKENEDO as Lucretia Bridges | LENNIE JAMES as Errol Bridges | LESLEY SHARP as Laura Mayfield | ADAM KOTZ as James Mayfield
