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7.6/10   34 votes
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Director:
Michael Whyte
Writer:
Deborah Moggach (writer)
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Seasons:
1 full episode list
Release Date:
17 May 1998 (UK) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
Many hidden secrets and desires come to light amongst the various Hammond family members following the near-fatal heart attack of Gordon Hammond. full summary
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User Comments:
Two-part hot movie, well worth your time more (2 total)

Cast

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Amanda Redman ... Prudence Hammond (5 episodes, 1998)
Adjoa Andoh ... April (5 episodes, 1998)
Kate Buffery ... Erin (5 episodes, 1998)
Honeysuckle Weeks ... Imogen (5 episodes, 1998)
Daisy Beaumont ... Trish (4 episodes, 1998)
Diana Kent ... Dierdra (3 episodes, 1998)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
250 min (5 parts)
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
Australia:M
Company:
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) more

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Two-part hot movie, well worth your time, 7 December 1999
8/10
Author: Castor-11 from Victoria B.C.

Normally, I stay clear of "To be continued" movies...after all, I don't know if, by the time of the continuation, I'll be in as receptive a mood for subsequent episodes, as I was for the first.

However,I always expect great things of the Brits when they explore relationships (a la "Coronation St" and "Eastenders"), so I did myself a favour and watched both 2-hour episodes. The main theme is "Boy meets girl, stays married to her for X number of years, then dumps her, for another". There are plenty of single people, also, in this tale, and they, too, have their romantic problems.

I don't think this movie is over the top in depicting most of the male characters as pigs, and most of the women as dumb, when it comes to men...after all, how many romances in real life, last for very long, due to the duplicity of one partner, and the stupidity of the other?...I mean, look at the scarcity of even "Silver Weddings" in our society - the Brits, it seems, are just as unstable. During the film, some of the betrayed female characters are weighing lesbianism as an option. Again, as in real life, who could blame them? They couldn't do any worse than with us!

By the way, I was amazed by -but uncomplaining of - the unexpected amount of interesting sexual content of the film, yet it was rated at only 14...I have seen far tamer Brit movies with an 18 rating. Not that sex is all that this movie has going for it - it has much more. Well worth seeing.

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