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7.4/10   28 votes
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Director:
David Blair
Writer:
Donna Franceschild (writer)
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Release Date:
16 September 2003 (UK) more
Genre:
Drama
Tagline:
Three generations of a family struggling to make the best of their lives in very difficult circumstances.
Plot:
The Key is a very human story. It's about three generations of a family struggling to make the best of their lives in very difficult circumstances... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Ronni Ancona ... Maggie
Jaclyn Bell ... Young Maggie
Drew Carter-Cain ... Adrian Sherman

Frances Grey ... Jessie
Stephen McCole ... Danny

Kevin McKidd ... Duncan
Graeme Mearns ... Young Joe
Katy Murphy ... Katherine
Annie Louise Ross ... Helen
John Sessions ... Spencer
Dawn Steele ... Mary
Kirstie Steele ... Maggie Aged 10
Ewan Stewart ... Joe
Ken Stott ... Billy
June Watson ... Older Mary Corrigan

David Westhead ... Neath
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Additional Details

Runtime:
180 min (3 parts)
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Stereo

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2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
More like this, please!, 9 August 2006
9/10
Author: cosmic_onion from Glasgow

Having seen other work by Donna Franceschild (A Mug's Game), I was looking forward to watching The Key, partly because it was set in Glasgow. The Key follows the trials and tribulations of a Glasgow family in the last century,the character of Mary, played by Dawn Steele and June Watson respectively, as the lynch-pin that holds the family and the narrative together. I particularly enjoyed the performances of Frances Grey as Jessie, Mary's granddaughter, and of Dawn Steele as Mary. It was interesting to see Ronni Ancona doing something other than comedy although I did think her performance was weaker than the others, particularly as the development of her character was integral to the plot. Overall I thought The Key was a fascinating and absorbing drama. The BBC should produce more like this and I hope it will be released on DVD sometime in the future.

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