The Innocent (2001)

Directed by

Sarah Harding

Genre

drama, tv movie

Country

United Kingdom

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A barrister is accused of rape by a female colleague. He denies it at first but later admits he slept with her, straining his marriage to his pregnant wife.

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What happens

The Innocent is a two-part British television crime drama, written by Jan McVerry and Stephen Mallatratt, that first broadcast on ITV on 7 January 2001. Directed by Sarah Harding, The Innocent tells the story of David Pastorov (Paul Rhys), a barrister accused of rape by one of his colleagues, Alison (Clare Holman). Although he initially denies the claims, when it later transpires that he slept with the alleged victim, his wife, Beth (Caroline Quentin), heavily pregnant with the couple's third child, struggles to believe his version of events. The two episodes of The Innocent attracted 9.87 and 9.49 million viewers respectively. Despite going head-to-head with Rebel Heart, the BBC's controversial Irish War of Independence drama, which had attracted widespread criticism before its broadcast (which resulted in critics expecting it to draw a large audience), The Innocent drew nearly six million more viewers. Despite this, the series has never been released on DVD. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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