Kindle Entertainment Preps Family Drama for BBC One

LONDON, October 3: Juliet
Stevenson and Dakota Blue Richards are among those set to star in Dustbin
Baby, a 90-minute family drama by
Kindle Entertainment for BBC One.

Adapted from Jacqueline
Wilson’s novel of the same name, Dustbin Baby is set for broadcast on BBC One later this year.
In addition to Juliet Stevenson (Truly, Madly, Deeply, Bend it Like Beckham) and Dakota Blue Richards (The Golden Compass), the film’s cast includes David Haig (The Thin
Blue Line, Four Weddings and a
Funeral), among others.

It follows the story of April,
abandoned in a dustbin as a baby, who sets out to find her real parents on her
14th birthday, after having a fight with her foster mother. The film is being
shot on location in and around London. ITV Global Entertainment is distributing
Dustbin Baby internationally.

—By Mansha Daswani