44 minSeason 1 • Episode 3
LatestDesperate to protect her daughter, Vicky takes drastic measures to help Maxine become who she really is, against Stephen's wishes. Vicky's visceral need to protect her child at any cost could end up tearing her family apart.
From a young age, 11-year-old, Max, has identified as a girl and as puberty looms, she begins to present increasing signs of gender variance. When Max was eight, her father, Stephen, left the family home. But as Max’s conviction that she’s in the wrong body intensifies, her distress escalates, and Stephen seizes the opportunity to return to live at the family home and support his daughter.
Acting
Callum Booth-Ford delivers one of the most nuanced child performances on television.
Writing
Tony Marchant refuses easy villains — every parent is wrong and right simultaneously.
Direction
Domestic spaces feel suffocatingly real; no prestige-TV gloss here.
Creator
Tony Marchant
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Premiered amid heated UK debates about the Gender Recognition Act; Marchant consulted with Mermaids and families of trans children to ground the medical timeline in reality.
Callum Booth-Ford was cast after a nationwide search; he had no professional credits prior and was discovered through a youth theatre workshop in Manchester.
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