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Mistresses
Ep 1/5
Tuesday 8 January
9.00-10.00pm BBC ONE
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(L-R) Sharon Small, Sarah Parish,
Shelley Conn and Orla Brady star in
Mistresses What are the consequences of wanting the wrong person at the wrong time? The new contemporary drama series Mistresses recounts the lives of four 30-something women – played by Sarah Parish, Shelley Conn, Orla Brady and Sharon Small – who are experiencing infidelity in different ways.
As the friends gather for GP Katie's birthday, they tease her about her terminally single status. Little do they know that Katie has been having an affair with John, a terminally ill patient, for two years.
Baby-making sex with husband, Hari, is losing its appeal for lawyer Siobhan. However, the chemistry between Siobhan and her colleague, Dominic, is undeniable. As the tension mounts, they find themselves drawn into a passionate embrace.
Trudi, a 9/11 widow, receives a cheque for $2m. She's struggled to come to terms with her husband's death, but settling her compensation brings closure. Maybe it's time to move on?
Jessica, an events organiser, is handed a lesbian wedding to arrange. She and Alex, one of the brides, form an instant dislike. But when Simon, Jessica's boss and (married) lover, offers to take the job off her hands, she is strangely reluctant.
Bereft after John's funeral, Katie's carefully constructed existence is threatened when his son, Sam, arrives at work with a note from his father's lover. She denies all knowledge of the affair, but her secret may not stay secret for long...
Katie is played by Sarah Parish, Hari by Raza Jaffery, Siobhan by Orla Brady, Dominic by Adam Rayner, Trudi by Sharon Small, Jessica by Shelley Conn, Alex by Anna Torv, Simon by Adam Astill and Sam by Max Brown.
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Damages
– Get Me A Lawyer Ep 1/13
Sunday 6 January
10.20-11.15pm BBC ONE
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Glenn Close stars as top
lawyer Patty Hewes Glenn Close, five-time Oscar nominee and three-time Tony Award winner, and Ted Danson, Golden Globe and Emmy Award winner, star in Damages – a powerful new drama combining a compelling legal thriller with a complex murder mystery.
Fresh out of law school, Ellen Parsons is invited to an interview with Hewes & Associates, a high-profile New York City law firm led by Patty Hewes, the nation's most revered and reviled high-stakes litigator. Ruthless and determined, Patty is used to getting her own way, but when the day of Ellen's interview coincides with her sister's wedding, she cancels the appointment. Interested to meet the only person stupid enough to turn her down, Patty arrives at the wedding and ends up offering Ellen the job.
Ellen is put to work on a civil suit against Arthur Frobisher, a billionaire businessman accused of an illegal stock sale that saved his own fortune but bankrupted his employees. When a thorough government investigation is unable to prove any wrong doing by Frobisher, Patty needs something to link him to the stock sale.
Bright and ambitious, Ellen soon discovers a crack that could blow the case wide open. However, as things progress, Ellen comes to suspect that her involvement in the case, and her relationship to a potential witness, might be more than just a coincidence. When she ends up involved in a gruesome murder case, she soon realises that everything is not as it seems and that lives, as well as fortunes, are at risk.
Ellen Parsons is played by rising star Rose Byrne, Patty Hewes by Glenn Close and Arthur Frobisher by Ted Danson. The cast also includes Tate Donovan (The OC) as Tom Shayes, Patty's most trusted advisor; Zeljko Ivanek (Black Hawk Down) as Ray Fiske, Arthur Frobisher's lawyer; and Noah Bean (Stay) as Ellen's fiancé, David Connor.
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Four classic fairy tales made famous by The Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen and Charles Perrault – Rapunzel, Cinderella, The Emperor's New Clothes and Billy Goats Gruff – are re-invigorated and updated by contemporary writers Ed Roe, Richard Pinto, Anil Gupta, Debbie Horsfield and Jeremy Dyson and brought to life by a host of British acting talent.
Rapunzel, the first fairy tale in the anthology, has been updated by Ed Roe (Smack The Pony, Teachers) and tells the story of Jimmy Stojkovic, a terrible tennis player. Ranked a humiliating 1,004th in the world, he has never won a tennis competition in his life. His father, Sava, is desperate to see his son win a Grand Slam tennis final but the only way he can see this happening is if he disguises Jimmy as a woman.
After a narrow escape from baseball bat-wielding thugs, Jimmy discovers his father owes money to gangster loan sharks – exactly the same sum as the competition prize money at the forthcoming British Tennis Open at English tennis club, Rampion. So Jimmy, reluctantly, decides to don a tennis dress.
All seems to be going to plan until Jimmy, now called Martina, falls in love with the beautiful reigning champion, Billy Jane Brooke. Known to the public as Rapunzel, because of her unusually long hair, Billy Jane still lives with her over-protective mother and coach. Training together at Billy Jane's fortified home does wonders for Jimmy/Martina's game and he/she finally starts winning. However, as they grow closer Jimmy finds it harder to keep up the pretence, and he must decide whether to come clean to Billy Jane or stay quiet and win the prize money for his father.
The comedy Drama stars Lee Ingleby as Jimmy/Martina Stojkovic, Shaun Williamson as his father, Sava; Charity Wakefield as Billy Jane Brooke/Rapunzel; and Geraldine James as Mrs Brooke, her over-protective mother and coach. Oliver Chris is Vuk, Jimmy's tennis nemesis and smarmy love rival; Tony Way is Jimmy's brother, Boris; Alex Jennings is ex-tennis player-turned-pundit, Roger Bateman; Emily Joyce is Roger's competitive colleague; and tennis legend Pat Cash also makes an appearance as a tennis commentator.
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Colonel Brandon (David
Morrissey) is called away on
urgent business Colonel Brandon is called away on urgent business and Marianne and Brandon's rival, Willoughby, are left to fall blissfully in love, as Andrew Davies's adaptation of Jane Austen's classic 19th-century novel continues.
Eleanor finally receives her visit from Edward, but his behaviour is so odd and distant that she is far from reassured. Sir John's nieces, the Misses Steeles, come to Devonshire and Eleanor receives the shock of her life when Lucy Steeles confides in her that she is secretly engaged to Edward. Eleanor is heartbroken, but she's true to her word and keeps Lucy's secret, even from her sister, Marianne.
Marianne receives a horrible shock of her own when Willoughby suddenly takes off for London, declaring that he's unlikely to ever return. The girls, however, are invited to London themselves to stay with Sir John's mother-in-law, Mrs Jennings. Marianne sets off for London full of hope of being reunited with Willoughby. Little does she know how much Willoughby's plans have changed since his happy days with her in Devonshire...
Colonel Brandon is played by David Morrissey, Marianne Dashwood by Charity Wakefield, Willoughby by Dominic Cooper, Eleanor Dashwood by Hattie Morahan, Edward Ferrars by Dan Stevens, Sir John Middleton by Mark Williams, Lucy Steeles by Anna Madeley and Mrs Jennings by Linda Bassett. The cast also includes Janet McTeer, Mark Gatiss, Claire Skinner and Daisy Haggard.
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