▁created ▁a ▁TV ▁series ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁book , ▁with ▁Isabel ▁Cl if ton ▁port ray ing ▁Het ty . ▁The ▁programme ▁was ▁first ▁a ired ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 5 . ▁In ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁BY U tv ▁has ▁the ▁US ▁broadcast ▁rights ▁and ▁began ▁air ing ▁it ▁in ▁March ▁ 2 0 1 8 . ▁The ▁book ▁is ▁followed ▁by ▁S app hire ▁B atter se a . ▁ ▁Plot ▁ ▁Het ty ▁was ▁abandoned ▁at ▁the ▁Found ling ▁Hospital ▁as ▁a ▁new born ▁baby . ▁Children ▁abandoned ▁at ▁the ▁Hospital ▁are ▁in ▁F oster ▁care ▁or ▁fost ered ▁until ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁five , ▁at ▁the ▁nearest ▁date ▁when ▁they ▁turn ▁five ▁they ▁will ▁be ▁returned ▁to ▁the ▁hospital ▁to ▁start ▁their ▁education . ▁Het ty ▁sp ends ▁her ▁earlier ▁life ▁as ▁a ▁fost er ▁child ▁under ▁the ▁care ▁of ▁Peg ▁and ▁John ▁Cot ton ▁who ▁she ▁knows ▁as ▁her ▁mother ▁and ▁her ▁father . ▁She ▁is ▁very ▁una ware ▁that ▁she ▁will ▁one ▁day ▁have ▁to ▁leave ▁the ▁C ott ons . ▁There ▁are ▁other ▁fost er ▁children ▁in ▁her ▁home ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁Peg ▁and ▁John ' s ▁own ▁children . ▁At ▁one ▁point , ▁she ▁att ends ▁a ▁circ us , ▁where ▁she ▁meets ▁Madame ▁Ad eline , ▁whom ▁she ▁bel ieves ▁to ▁be ▁her ▁mother ▁because ▁of ▁her ▁bright ▁red ▁hair , ▁which ▁is ▁similar ▁to ▁Het ty ' s ▁own . ▁It ▁turns ▁out ▁that ▁Mad am ▁Ad al ine ▁is ▁not ▁Het ty