Love Hurts (TV series)

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Love Hurts
GenreComedy drama
Created byMaurice Gran
Laurence Marks
StarringRichard Cordery
Adam Faith
Jane Lapotaire
Tony Selby
Zoë Wanamaker
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series3
No. of episodes30
Production
Executive producerAllan McKeown
Running time50 minutes
Production companyAlomo Productions
Original release
NetworkBBC One
Release3 January 1992 (1992-01-03) –
18 March 1994 (1994-03-18)

Love Hurts is a British comedy-drama series that was broadcast from 3 January 1992 to 18 March 1994 on BBC One.[1][2] It was scripted by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran and starred Adam Faith as Frank Carver, Zoë Wanamaker as Tessa Piggott,[3] Tony Selby as Max Taplow and Jane Lapotaire as Diane Warburg.[4] Zoë Wanamaker received a 1993 Best Actress BAFTA nomination for her work in the series.[5]

The theme tune was written by Alan Hawkshaw and performed by Peter Polycarpou.

Plot

When her married long-term boyfriend (who was also her boss) decides to end their relationship for a younger woman, Tessa Piggott (Zoë Wanamaker) leaves her high powered City career and, determined to change her life and leave the rat race, with the help of an old University friend (Jane Lapotaire) - who is also a rabbi, takes a job supervising a charitable Third World development agency. She also resolves to give up relationships, until that is, she meets wealthy and roguish 'hands on' entrepreneur Frank Carver (Adam Faith), who has built up his successful plumbing business from scratch, and romance beckons. Their 'on/off' romance follows throughout the three series, often complicated by their numerous friends, family and work colleagues.

References

  1. ^ "BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. 3 January 1992.
  2. ^ "BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. 18 March 1994.
  3. ^ Dave Laing (10 March 2003). "Adam Faith". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Walk Right Back (1992)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 18 September 2020.
  5. ^ "1993 Television Actress | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org.

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