The Bad Mother's Handbook
2007 | 71m | English
Popularity: 0.8 (history)
| Director: | Robin Sheppard |
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| Writer: | Kate Long, Kate O'Riordan |
| Staring: |
| Karen Cooper wants to domineer her family and believes she's its pillar. In fact she does everything wrong. Thus she messes up all their lives and futures, rather then help her loved-ones. | |
| Release Date: | Feb 19, 2007 |
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| Director: | Robin Sheppard |
| Writer: | Kate Long, Kate O'Riordan |
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance, TV Movie |
| Keywords | pregnancy, alzheimer's disease, dysfunctional family, birth, family conflict, grandmother, teenage pregnancy, woman director, mother daughter reunion, child birth, mother daughter relationship, female writer, grandmother granddaughter relationship, unexpected pregnancy, three generations |
| Production Companies | Ruby Films, Cabloom! |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 28, 2026 Entered: Apr 26, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Catherine Tate | Karen Cooper |
| Robert Pattinson | Daniel Gale |
| Anne Reid | Nancy Hesketh |
| Holliday Grainger | Charlie Cooper |
| Steve Pemberton | Leo Fairbrother |
| Maggie Ollerenshaw | Jessie Pilkington |
| Oliver Lee | Paul Benthem |
| Clare McGlinn | Advisor Jo-Beth |
| Pip Torrens | Doctor Gale |
| Kirsty Leigh Porter | Anya |
| Caroline Harding | Sandra Gale |
| Steve John Shepherd | Steve Cooper |
| Angela Murray | Adviser Annie |
| Steve Brody | Tom |
| Olga Grahame | Ivy |
| Mary Wray | Irene Seddon |
| Penny Layden | Rambler Annie |
| Caroline O'Neill | Mary Beattie |
| Daryl Fishwick | Mrs Carlisle |
| Alison Burrows | Nurse |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Kate Long | Novel |
| Mark Russell | Original Music Composer |
| Liz Webber | Editor |
| Emma Dibb | Production Design |
| Jo Baker | Art Direction |
| Theresa Rymer | Costume Design |
| Lisa Rocco | Makeup Department Head |
| Jill Sweeney | Makeup Designer |
| Victoria Yates | Makeup Artist |
| Dan Dewsnap | Sound Engineer |
| Chris Nuttall | Dialogue Editor |
| Robin Sheppard | Director |
| Kate O'Riordan | Screenplay |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Hugo Heppell | Executive Producer |
| Harry Oulton | Producer |
| Sascha Schneider | Producer |
| Alison Owen | Executive Producer |
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