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The Bad Mother's Handbook | |
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Starring | Catherine Tate Anne Reid Holly Grainger Robert Pattinson |
Theme music composer | Mark Russell |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 1 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Hugo Heppell Alison Owen |
Producers | Harry Oulton Sascha Schneider |
Running time | 90 minutes |
Production companies | Ingenious Broadcasting Ruby Television |
Original release | |
Network | ITV |
Release | 19 February 2007 |
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