Love Life (TV series)
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Love Life is a five-episode 2012 semi-improvised BBC television drama
. Each episode is a self-contained story, devised through improvisation (a first for BBC1 drama), exploring an issue related to love and relationships.
), whose happy marriage is turned upside down by the reappearance of his first love. Episode two centres on Holly (Billie Piper
), a teacher who develops feelings for a female pupil. Episode three centres on Sandra (Jane Horrocks
), a middle-aged woman in a stale marriage to an unfaithful husband. Episode four centres on Paul (Ashley Walters), a new dad who experiences 'love at first sight'. Episode five centres on Adrian (David Morrissey
), a divorcee who becomes the victim of an obsessive love. While each episode is self-contained, the series is set in the same town and there is some overlap between episodes.
in September 2011. Filming for Billie Pipers episode was also shot at The Charles Dickens School in Broadstairs where some of the current Year 11's were asked to take part. A very lucky few got to meet her on the 30th of September when she started filming.
BBC television drama
BBC television dramas have been produced and broadcast since even before the public service company had an officially established television broadcasting network in the United Kingdom...
. Each episode is a self-contained story, devised through improvisation (a first for BBC1 drama), exploring an issue related to love and relationships.
Plot
Episode one centres on Nick (David TennantDavid Tennant
David Tennant is a Scottish actor. In addition to his work in theatre, including a widely praised Hamlet, Tennant is best known for his role as the tenth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who, along with the title role in the 2005 TV serial Casanova and as Barty Crouch, Jr...
), whose happy marriage is turned upside down by the reappearance of his first love. Episode two centres on Holly (Billie Piper
Billie Piper
Billie Paul Piper is an English singer and actress.She began her career in the late 1990s as a pop singer and then switched to acting. She started in acting and dancing and was talent spotted at the Sylvia Young stage school by Smash Hits magazine who wanted a "face" for their magazine...
), a teacher who develops feelings for a female pupil. Episode three centres on Sandra (Jane Horrocks
Jane Horrocks
Barbara Jane Horrocks is an English voice, stage, screen and television actress, voice artist, musician, and singer. She is best known for her role as "Bubble" in the TV series Absolutely Fabulous as well as her distinctive voice....
), a middle-aged woman in a stale marriage to an unfaithful husband. Episode four centres on Paul (Ashley Walters), a new dad who experiences 'love at first sight'. Episode five centres on Adrian (David Morrissey
David Morrissey
David Mark Morrissey is an English actor and director. Morrissey grew up in the Kensington and Knotty Ash areas of Liverpool, and learned to act at the city's Everyman Youth Theatre. At the age of 18, he was cast in the television series One Summer , which won him recognition throughout the country...
), a divorcee who becomes the victim of an obsessive love. While each episode is self-contained, the series is set in the same town and there is some overlap between episodes.
Filming
Filming began in MargateMargate
-Demography:As of the 2001 UK census, Margate had a population of 40,386.The ethnicity of the town was 97.1% white, 1.0% mixed race, 0.5% black, 0.8% Asian, 0.6% Chinese or other ethnicity....
in September 2011. Filming for Billie Pipers episode was also shot at The Charles Dickens School in Broadstairs where some of the current Year 11's were asked to take part. A very lucky few got to meet her on the 30th of September when she started filming.
Cast
- David TennantDavid TennantDavid Tennant is a Scottish actor. In addition to his work in theatre, including a widely praised Hamlet, Tennant is best known for his role as the tenth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who, along with the title role in the 2005 TV serial Casanova and as Barty Crouch, Jr...
as Nick - Billie PiperBillie PiperBillie Paul Piper is an English singer and actress.She began her career in the late 1990s as a pop singer and then switched to acting. She started in acting and dancing and was talent spotted at the Sylvia Young stage school by Smash Hits magazine who wanted a "face" for their magazine...
as Holly - Jane HorrocksJane HorrocksBarbara Jane Horrocks is an English voice, stage, screen and television actress, voice artist, musician, and singer. She is best known for her role as "Bubble" in the TV series Absolutely Fabulous as well as her distinctive voice....
as Sandra - Ashley Walters as Paul
- David MorrisseyDavid MorrisseyDavid Mark Morrissey is an English actor and director. Morrissey grew up in the Kensington and Knotty Ash areas of Liverpool, and learned to act at the city's Everyman Youth Theatre. At the age of 18, he was cast in the television series One Summer , which won him recognition throughout the country...
as Adrian - Vicky McClureVicky McClureVicky McClure is a BAFTA-winning English actress best known for her work in the films of Shane Meadows. She played the title character's sister Ladine in A Room for Romeo Brass , and featured in Meadows's most successful film to date, This Is England...
as Serena, the first love of Nick. - Lacey TurnerLacey TurnerLacey Amelia Turner is an award-winning English actress. She is best known for portraying the role of Stacey Slater on the BBC soap opera EastEnders, a role for which she has won 33 awards...
as Michelle, a younger sister of Serena. - Kaya ScodelarioKaya ScodelarioKaya Rose Scodelario is a British actress and model. She is best known for her role as Effy Stonem in the E4 drama Skins.-Skins :...
as Karen, a love interest for Holly. - Jo WoodcockJo WoodcockJo Woodcock is an English television, film and stage actress. Whilst active since 2000, Woodcock has recently come into prominence following her critically acclaimed performances as Alice in the television drama Torn in 2007, and as Liza-Lu Durbeyfield in the television series Tess of the...
as Lorraine