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Gingerbread Girl: Part 1

Gingerbread Girl: Part 1

1984TV EpisodeTV-14
Drama

Wendy Grant agreed to bear a baby for the Breakspears, a childless couple, for £6500, an agreement illegal in English Law. The baby, Anna, was born with a serious but treatable heart defect, and the Breakspears withdrew from the d...

Director
Gareth Morgan
Writers
N/A
Stars
Andrew Cruickshank, Judy Parfitt, John Grillo
Release Date
January 3, 1984
Language
English
Country
United Kingdom
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Andrew Cruickshank
Andrew Cruickshank
as Mr. Justice Lorrimer
Judy Parfitt
Judy Parfitt
as Gillian Forrest QC
John Grillo
John Grillo
as Phillip Marriatt QC
Dinah Stabb
Dinah Stabb
as Wendy Grant
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Meg Davies
as Yvonne Breakspear
Fabia Drake
Fabia Drake
as Miss Simpson
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Randal Herley
as Clerk of Court
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Sue Russell
as Jury Foreman
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Peter Wheeler
as Court Reporter

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Color
Production
Granada Television, ITV - Independent Television

🎯 Categories

Drama

⭐ Featured Review

A very good storyline, with an amazing cast.
by Sleepin_Dragon2025-05-25

"Wendy Grant is accused of murdering her three-month-old daughter, Anna. The court hears first from Yvonne Breakspear, who explains how she and her husband approached Wendy and offered to pay her as a surrogate mother. Yvonne also explains the events surrounding Anna's death, detailing how she was left out in the cold for a while and later died. Mrs Forrest accuses Yvonne of causing Anna's death. It's the first episode of the final series, and it's a good one. It's a somewhat bleak and topical affair; stories of surrogacy were definitely popular in the early 1980s, whi..."

📖 Synopsis

Wendy Grant agreed to bear a baby for the Breakspears, a childless couple, for £6500, an agreement illegal in English Law. The baby, Anna, was born with a serious but treatable heart defect, and the Breakspears withdrew from the d...