lead character

The lead character, Kitty, is based on Caitriona herself, who was in the institution from 1979 to 1980.

Actor Graham noted the film takes a slightly different perspective from many other films set in World War Two, partly because the lead character is a mixed-race child.

She said the programme differed from other shows featuring an autistic lead character because "it's not all doom and gloom".

What makes it truly special — and somewhat of a rarity — is that it’s given us a lead character with a point of view.

That chapter played its part in Rothwell’s creative gestation process that gave form and shape to her show’s lead character.