The Sea of Trees (12 Apr. 2012)

In 1990 Lilly and Alan,both successful in business,buy her parents a house, Jay is HIV positive but with every chance of surviving and Charlotte,her mother dead,is living with Victor and ... See full summary »

Director:

John Alexander

Writer:

Paula Milne

Stars:

MyAnna Buring, Rebecca Calder, Sam Claflin

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
MyAnna Buring	...	Lilly
Rebecca Calder	...	Alicia
Sam Claflin	...	Jack
Paul Copley	...	Alan (Present Day)
Sorcha Cusack	...	Orla (Present Day)
Lindsay Duncan	...	Lilly (Present Day)
Claire Foy	...	Charlotte
Tamsin Greig	...	Beth
Abigail Guiver	...	Emma
Jessica Gunning	...	Orla
David Gyasi	...	Victor
Emma Hartley-Miller	...	TJ
Karen Henthorn	...	Val
Lee Ingleby	...	Alan
Michael Kitchen	...	Jack (Present Day)

Storyline

In 1990 Lilly and Alan,both successful in business,buy her parents a house, Jay is HIV positive but with every chance of surviving and Charlotte,her mother dead,is living with Victor and daughter Emma,though it becomes clear that the real father is Jack,married to another and back in politics.Orla,as ever,does very little except play den mother to the others when they all meet up. In 2012 the couples have split,Jack is now a peer of the realm and the identity of the deceased,who bought the flat and bequeathed it to the others,is revealed.

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Release Date:

12 April 2012 (UK)

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Trivia

Sorcha Cusack, as the present-day Orla, does not appear in person, only as photos and a video on a laptop.

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Quotes

[as the friends are clearing out the house they used to live in, Jack spots a dartboard in the rubbish skip, with a photograph of Margaret Thatcher in the centre, and puts it in the car boot]
Jay: Where's that going.
Jack: [chuckling] It's going in the games room. See if I can improve my aim.

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Soundtracks

"Nothing Compares 2 U"
(uncredited)
Written by Prince
Performed by Sinéad O'Connor

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