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The Outcast

TV·2015–2015·1 season, 2 episodes·BBC One·Drama·1h 30m·7.9

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Post-war coming-of-age drama based on the novel by Sadie Jones.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01The Outcast S01E01Episode 1S01E01 · 9.0Part One of an adaptation of Sadie Jones's prize-winning bestseller. A boy's idyllic childhood is set on a drastic new course when he is witness to a tragic accident.
  2. 02The Outcast S01E02Episode 2S01E02 · 9.0Part Two of an adaptation of Sadie Jones's prize-winning bestseller. A young man returns home from prison determined to make amends for his past.

Cast

George MacKayGeorge MacKayLewis AldridgeJessica Brown FindlayJessica Brown FindlayAliceHattie MorahanHattie MorahanElizabeth AldridgeGreg WiseGreg WiseGilbert AldridgeDaisy BevanDaisy BevanTamsin CarmichaelJessica BardenJessica BardenKitNathaniel ParkerNathaniel ParkerDicky Carmichael

Episodes by season

Season012Episodes2015Aired 9.0Season avg
  1. S01E01The Outcast S01E01Episode 1July 12, 2015 9.0Part One of an adaptation of Sadie Jones's prize-winning bestseller. A boy's idyllic childhood is set on a drastic new course when he is wit
  2. S01E02The Outcast S01E02Episode 2July 19, 2015 9.0Part Two of an adaptation of Sadie Jones's prize-winning bestseller. A young man returns home from prison determined to make amends for his

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