The Replacement (2017)

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A woman who goes on maternity leave becomes increasingly paranoid about the motives of the person covering for her.

• Released: 2017-02-28
• Genres: Drama
• Seasons: 1, 3 episodes
• Episode length: 1h 0m
• Network: BBC One
• Status: Ended
• TMDB rating: 6.3/10 from 39 votes

Created by Joe Ahearne.

Top cast

• Morven Christie as Ellen Rooney
• Vicky McClure as Paula Reece
• Richard Rankin as Ian Rooney
• Neve McIntosh as Kay Gillies
• Navin Chowdhry as Keiran
• Kim Allan as Lucy
• Gilly Gilchrist as Vernon
• Siobhan Redmond as Beth
• Sarah MacRae as Rianne
• Caoimhe Clough as Zoe

Full cast & crew

Where to watch The Replacement

• Australia: stream on BritBox, Britbox Apple TV channel, BritBox Amazon Channel

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