My Fragile Heart (2000)

Directed by

Gavin Millar

Genre

drama

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

2h 16m

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman returns to her childhood home to care for her dying mother. She discovers that the man blamed for her best friend's murder years ago lives nearby.

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What happens

My Fragile Heart is a two-part British television crime drama miniseries, written by Abi Morgan, that first broadcast on ITV on 17 September 2000. The series starred Sarah Lancashire as Trina Lavery, a young woman who returns to her childhood home to look after her terminally ill mother, only to find the man accused of the murder of her best friend several years ago living nearby. The series was directed by Gavin Millar, with Rebecca De Souza acting as producer. The first episode gathered 9.82 million viewers. Episode two dipped slightly; gathering 9.58 million. The series was sold abroad, with both episodes combined into a single film, running at 146 minutes (minus adverts). The series was later released on VHS, exclusively via WHSmith stores. This remains the only home video release to date. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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