Love Hurts: The Complete Series [DVD]

Adam Faith and Zoe Wanamaker star in this memorably bittersweet drama series charting the relationship between an entrepreneur with wildly fluctuating fortunes and a former City high-flyer. Co-starring Jane Lapotaire and Tony Selby, with guest turns from Jenny Agutter, Rik Mayall, Philip Glenister and Leslie Ash, Love Hurts was another huge success for veteran screenwriters Lawrence Marks and Maurice Gran, running for three series and earning Zoe Wanamaker a BAFTA nomination. This set contains all thirty episodes. Forty-one year old Tessa Piggott walks out on her well-paid PR job when her boss and long-term lover announces that he's leaving her for a young salesgirl. Vowing to overhaul her life, she seeks more fulfilling work with a Third World development agency, but hours before an important campaign launch a bathroom emergency brings ex-plumber Frank Carver to her door. A divorced millionaire entrepreneur whose lifestyle plummeted when his business went under, Frank's charm, wit and streetwise savvy lead Tessa to reconsider her decision to renounce men and relationships...