In Shiny Shiny Bright New Hole In My Heart Nathalie Winter works as a personal shopper helping her rich clients choose the right clothes. Nathalie buys herself some luxuries and then finds it becomes a compulsive obsession and she cannot stop herself making unaffordable purchases on credit – her spending spirals out of control as her addiction threatens to lose her her home and family.
production details
UK / BBC- 2 / 1×70 minute episode / Broadcast 26 July 2006
Writer and Director: Mark Munden / Music: Alex Heffes / Executive Producer: David M. Thompson / Producers: Ruth Caleb, Lisa Marie Russo
cast
Sally Hawkins as Nathalie Winter
Debora Weston as Nathalie’s Client
John Donnelly as Footballer
Joanna Midgley as Footballer’s Girlfriend
Daniela Nardini as Maya
Amy Lythgoe as Sophie Winter
Noreen Kershaw as Maria
Steven Mackintosh as Jeremy Winter
Jayne Ashbourne as Nathalie’s Sister
Angela Murray as Nathalie’s Boss
Andrew Readman as Doctor Gerald Masters
Adam James as Rupert
Sally Moore as Entertainer at Ball
Jude Vause as Women’s Department Shop Assistant 1
Rebecca White as Women’s Department Shop Assistant 2)
Paul Warriner as Charles
Diane Swan as Furniture Swap Assistant
Maxine Burth as School Uniform Shop Assistant
Paul Dockery as Solicitor
Martin Reeve as Loan Advisor
Mehdi Bilal Ali as Watch Salesman
Christine Cox as Magistrate
Alan Rothwell, Margaret Henshaw, Alistair Richardson, Michael Simmons as Addicts
