Bella and the Boys

Feb 15, 2004

1h 20m

★ 5.0

Overview

13 years after Bella, Martin and Lee were there, the manager of their children's home is retiring and the home being shutdown. As they meet up together at a reunion/retirement celebration it sparks old memories of their time together at the home.

Genres

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

Century Films

Bella and the Boys Trailers

Cast

Bella

Billie Piper

Lee

Tom Burke

Martin

Freddie Cunliffe

Mrs. Rogers

Jane Lapotaire

Stacy

Lenora Crichlow

Gary

Fraser Ayres

Terry

Aml Ameen

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