| ABC
| Sunday 14 January @ 8.30pm
Take
two ex-lovers forced to work together again…Throw in a second couple
madly in love, an aggrieved suitor out for revenge, a lusty coworker and
set it all in a television news station.
It's
all about love, in this modernised version of one of William
Shakespeare's greatest tales, Much Ado About Nothing, which screens
Sunday 14 January at 8.30pm on ABC TV. Jilted on their first date three
years earlier, Beatrice (Sarah Parish - Blackpool, Cutting It) is
horrified when Benedick (Damian Lewis -The Forsyte Saga, Stormbreaker)
is invited back into the fold to replace her current co-anchor.
Benedick's
pompous posturing does nothing to lessen her feelings of loathing. While
their tempestuous partnership plays out, so too does a whirlwind romance
between the gorgeous but intellectually challenged weather girl, Hero
(Billie Piper - Dr Who, The Canterbury Tales), and dishy sports
presenter Claude (Tom Ellis - Eastenders, Midsomer Murders).
But
love’s path does not run smooth for this golden couple, thanks to the
increasingly unstable Don (Derek Riddell), who attempts to win over
Hero's affections. It soon becomes clear that Beatrice and Benedick are
made for each other, but it takes their colleagues’ well meaning
trickery to get them to recognise the fact. |
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| Claude
and Hero are simpler souls and make plans to wed hot on the heels of
their first meeting. However, Don's sinister plotting stokes Claude's
jealousy and things come to a climax at the altar. Can true love rise
above all else and win the day?
PRODUCTION
DETAILS: Adapted by David Nicholls, (Cold Feet, Rescue Me). Produced by
Diedrick Santer. Written by David Nicholls. Directed by Brian Percival.
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