The Outcast

Overview

Set in post-war Britain, ten year-old Lewis Aldridge is grief-stricken as he struggles to cope with the death of his beloved mother. Left under the care of his emotionally distant father Gilbert, whom he barely knows and who quickly remarries, Lewis is forced to bury his feelings.

Network

• BBC One

Seasons & Episodes

Cast

• 

  George MacKay

  Lewis Aldridge

  2 eps

• 

  Hattie Morahan

  Elizabeth Aldridge

  2 eps

• 

  Finn Elliot

  Lewis Aldridge (child)

  2 eps

• 

  Jessica Brown Findlay

  Alice Aldridge

  2 eps

Themes

• england
• parent child relationship
• coming of age
• miniseries
• death of mother
• post world war ii
• emotionally distant

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