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29 October 1989 (UK)
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A British yuppie couple have a presumably idyllic existence. Yet there is one troubling factor in their lives - an eccentric...
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A television masterpiece
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Cast
(Series Credited cast) | Diana Rigg | ... | Helena Vesey |
| David McCallum | ... | Sir Alexander "Alex" Vesey |
| James Wilby | ... | Christopher "Kit" Vesey |
| Isla Blair | ... | Ruth |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
 | Holly Aird | ... | Emily |
| Jonathan Burn | ... | Chief Insp Strachan |
| Natasha Byrne | ... | Rachel ? |
| Richard Calabro | ... | Joshua |
| Trevor Cooper | ... | Sgt Bear |
| Penny Darch | ... | Miss Pope |
| Ann Firbank | ... | Mrs. Turner |
| Gareth Forwood | ... | Boris |
 | Fiona Gillies | ... | Angela Turner / Vesey |
| James Grout | ... | George Batt |
| Louisa Janes | ... | Young Helena |
| Liliana Komorowska | ... | Danuta |
| Grant Parsons | ... | Leo |
| Cordelia Roche | ... | Jordan Tennyson / Vesey |
| Amelia Shankley | ... | Harriet |
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55 min (4 episodes)
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Helena Vesey:
When you love a child, there is nothing, nothing one wouldn't do.
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The votes say it all. This is an astonishing piece of TV drama. Diana Rigg gives the performance of a lifetime as the monstrously possessive mother, switching from poised charmer to wicked schemer and demented mother with no more than the flick of an eyebrow. The witty and literate script is by Andrew Davies - I saw Mother Love as part of an Andrew Davies season on a new BBC digital channel - and the direction by Simon Langton drives the plot relentlessly forward, keeping the viewer on the edge of the seat, with clenched fists and sweaty palms, never sure what will happen next.
The other main roles - James Wilby, Isla Blair, James Grout and David McCallum - are realistic and provide able foils for Rigg. But it is Diana Rigg's role with her chilling personality, cleverly reinforced with flashbacks to a terrible childhood incident, and her wonderful over-the-top dialogue, which makes this a memorable thriller and a 'must-watch' television masterpiece.