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Fast Freddie, The Widow and Me is a 2011 one-off Christmas special, made by STV Productions and broadcast by ITV on Tuesday 27 December 2011. The special centres around a wealthy car dealer Jonathan Donald who befriends a terminally ill teenager Freddie Copeland and makes his Christmas wish come true.
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90 min
2011-12-27
Released
English
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5.5
Jonathan Donald
Laura Cooper
Freddie
Patsy Morgan
Judge Underwood
Charlie Archer
Julia
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0.0
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5.0
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0.0
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