Love Hurts (1992)

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A drama created and partly written by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran; other scriptwriters included Johnny Byrne and Barbara Cox.

Three series of ten episodes each were produced, with the first episode broadcast on 3 January 1992 (BBC1).

Running time: 50 minutes per episode

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With thanks to Nadine and Kerrie for some of these photos.

Overview

Tessa Piggott has reached a turning point: she gives up her high-flying City job and expensive lifestyle to become the director of a small Third World charity, S.E.E.D.

Having been unceremoniously dumped by her long-term partner (and former boss), she renounces men in a bid to steer clear of the kind of trouble they have previously caused her. Fate has other ideas. A chance encounter with ex-plumber and self-made millionaire, Frank Carver, leaves feisty Tessa struggling to maintain her resolve.

Frank and Tessa's relationship develops over the course of three series and across continents, as the couple's work takes them far and wide. Their difficulties, as well as the problems experienced by family and friends such as Rabbi Diane Warburg, remind us that sometimes love hurts.

Cast

Zoë Wanamaker ... Tessa Piggott

Adam Faith ... Frank Carver

Robin Weaver ... Jade Carver

Tony Selby ... Max Taplow

Edna Doré ... Grace Taplow

Richard Pearson ... Dr. Piggott

Hilary Mason ... Mrs Piggott

Jane Lapotaire ... Rabbi Diane Warburg

David Horovitch ... Simon Friedman

Stephen Moore ... Hugh Mariner

Olivier Pierre ... Marshall Baumblatt

Richard Cordery ... Malcolm Litoff

Belinda Davison ... Sandra

John Flanagan ... Bob Pearce

Shireen Shah ... Ghita Harthill

Stuart Fox ... Christopher Hamilton

Jaye Griffiths ... Laverne

Sue Kelvin ... Shelley Levy

Linda Marlowe ... Andrea

Rolf Saxon ... Sam Levison

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