The Other One: Pilot - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)
Comedy about a girl called Catherine Walcott. And another girl called Catherine Walcott. Sisters who had no idea the other existed until their father drops dead. Cathy has a fiancé, a Duke of Edinburgh Award and a pension. Cat has a pay-as-you-go phone. The only things they have in common are their names (a smart move if you have got a secret daughter). Both of them have always wanted a sister - just maybe not each other.
Broadcast details
Date
Wednesday 13th September 2017
Time
10pm
Channel
Length
30 minutes
Cast & crew
Cast
| Ellie White | Cathy |
|---|---|
| Lauren Socha | Cat |
| Rebecca Front | Tess |
| Siobhan Finneran | Marilyn |
| Amit Shah | Marcus |
Guest cast
| Brian Bovell | Rupert |
|---|---|
| Simon Greenall | Colin |
| Vivienne Soan | Vicar |
| Ted Robbins | Taxi Driver |
| Neil Pearson | Paul |
Writing team
| Holly Walsh | Writer |
|---|
Production team
| Dan Zeff | Director |
|---|---|
| Pippa Brown | Producer |
| Ben Cavey | Executive Producer |
| Alex Moody | Executive Producer |
| David Simpson | Associate Producer |
| Katie Kearney | Line Producer |
| Alan Levy | Editor |
| David Bowes | Production Designer |
| Jane Ripley | Casting Director |
| Sarah Ryan | Costume Designer |
| Sean Van Hales | Director of Photography |
| Jillian Walton | Make-up Designer |
| Amanda Neal | 1st Assistant Director |
Press
In September 2017, I wrote that The Other One was a BBC comedy pilot in search of a commission: it gained that commission and returned this week - albeit with the rerun pilot (boo), but over the next six weeks it will delight and enthral with high humour and low blows from writers Holly Walsh and Pippa Brown. The only true mystery is why the fandoodle it took so long.
It is a glorious slice-of-life comedy, way superior to so much else on these days. OK, the plot is a twitch forced - bigamist dies, leaving two disparate families, in two utterly disparate class zones - but the warmth of all within, the sharpness of the writing, the performances, particularly from Ellie White as the smiling uptight coil of a spring who can't quite leave a middle-class totem untouched and Lauren Socha as the unsprung spring who can't quite leave a working-class totem unsaid... in this will lie a certain dramatic magic.
Euan Ferguson, The Observer, 7th June 2020
Holly Walsh interview
'I still watch a lot of comedies where women are basically sexy bystanders'
Siobhan Smith, i Newspaper, 12th September 2017
Preview: The Other One
The first of BBC Two's new comedy pilots, The Other One, centres around two half-sisters who don't know about each other until their dad dies. Sophie Davies has had a sneak peek...
Sophie Davies, The Velvet Onion, 11th September 2017