The Line of Beauty (TV series) - Wikipedia

The Line of Beauty is a British drama television serial that was first broadcast on BBC Two on 17 May 2006. The three-part series, written by Andrew Davies ... TheLineofBeauty(TVseries) FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch 2006televisionserialbySaulDibb TheLineofBeautyGenreDramaBasedonTheLineofBeautybyAlanHollinghurstWrittenbyAndrewDaviesDirectedbySaulDibbComposerMartinPhippsCountryoforiginUnitedKingdomOriginallanguageEnglishNo.ofseries1No.ofepisodes3(listofepisodes)ProductionExecutiveproducers LauraMackie HilarySalmon ProducerKateLewisCinematographyDavidOddRunningtime60minutesReleaseOriginalnetwork BBCTwo BBCHD Pictureformat16:9576iAudioformatStereoOriginalrelease17May –31May2006 (2006-05-31)ExternallinksWebsite TheLineofBeautyisaBritishdramatelevisionserialthatwasfirstbroadcastonBBCTwoon17May2006.Thethree-partseries,writtenbyAndrewDaviesanddirectedbySaulDibb,isanadaptationofthe2004novelofthesamenamebyAlanHollinghurst. Contents 1Cast 1.13episodes 1.22episodes 2Episodelist 3Reception 4Homemedia 5References 6Externallinks Cast[edit] 3episodes[edit] DanStevensasNickGuest TimMcInnernyasGeraldFedden HayleyAtwellasCatherineFedden AliceKrigeasRachelFedden CarmenduSautoyasElena AlexWyndhamasAntoine'Wani'Ouradi JamesBradshawasPollyTompkins OliverColemanasTobyFedden LydiaLeonardasPennyKent DonGiletasLeoCharles ChristopherFairbankasBarryGroom 2episodes[edit] OscarJamesasBrentford JohnWarnabyasBadger JohnStandingasLordKessler SiriSveglerasMartine NikkiAmuka-BirdasRosemaryCharles JustinSalingerasRussel CarolineBlakistonasLadyPartridge JuliaSt.JohnasGretaTimms DavidYellandasJohnTimms JohnQuayleasGeoffreyTitchfield BrunoLastraasTristao TomKnightasNormanKent Episodelist[edit] # Title Directedby Writtenby Originalairdate UKviewers(millions)[1] 1"TheLoveChord"SaulDibbAndrewDavies17 May 2006 (2006-05-17)2.16 NickGuest,arecentOxfordgraduatefromamiddle-classfamily,isinvitedtostayinthehomeofhisbestfriend,TobyFedden,sonofConservativeMPGeraldFedden,whilethefamily,minustheirbipolardaughterCat,areoutonholidayinFrance.NickisaskedbyCatandToby'smother,Rachel,tokeepaneyeonCatasshehadahistoryofcuttingherself,andtocontactthemifCatweretohaveanyissues.NotlongaftertherestoftheFeddensaregone,Catdoeshaveaminorepisode,butafterNickhelpsher,shebegshimtonotcontactherparentsandheagrees.Theyquicklyformaclosefriendship,andwhentheFeddensreturn,RachelissoimpressedbyhowwellNickandCatbondedthatsheinsistsNickstaysonasapermanentlodger.ThisarrangementallowsNicktobebroughtintothelifestyleoftheFeddens,givinghimaninsider'slookatlifeinupper-classEnglishsociety.WithCat'sassistance,NickmeetsLeo,withwhomNickfallsmadlyinlove.However,thisromanceisshort-livedwhenLeobreaksupwithNicktogobacktohisexPete,whowasstartingtoshowsymptomsofhavingAIDSbeforetheconditionbecamewidelyknown. Gueststarring:ElizeduToit,RobinKermode,RichardLintern,GarrickHagonandFloellaBenjamin 2"ToWhomDoYouBeautifullyBelong"SaulDibbAndrewDavies24 May 2006 (2006-05-24)1.53 NickhasbecomefullyintegratedintotheFeddenfamily.NickhadbecomeinvolvedwithanotherfriendfromOxford,Wani,thesonofarichLebanesebusinessman,butbecauseofWani'sculturalandeconomicbackground,therelationshiphadtobekeptsecret.NickandWanihavestartedamagazineandfilmproductioncompanytogether,whichalsobecomesaconvenientcoverfortheirrelationship.DuetoNick'sexposuretothelifestylesoftherich,hebecomesinvolvedwithdrugsandmorehedonisticbehaviour.NickaccompaniesGeraldtoNick'shometownofBarwick,andwhilethereNickstumblesuponGeraldhavingsexwithoneofhissecretaries. Later,theFeddensareagainonholidayinFranceandthistimeinviteNickandWanitojointhem.Whilethere,thingsintheFeddenfamilybecometense,withCatbecomingrebelliousagainstherfather'sinvolvementwithashadyinvestorandshowingsignsthatsheisnolongertakinghermeds,Nickbecomingmoreopenabouthishomosexuality,andGeraldallbuttellingNicktoremainsilentabouttheaffair.WheneveryonereturnstoEngland,theFeddenshaveapartyforMargaretThatcher.PriortothepartyNickgoestoabartogetdrugs,andwhilethereseeshisex,Leo,whoisshowingsymptomsofAIDS.Fearful,NickavoidsapproachingLeoandquicklyleavesthebar.Attheparty,NickmakesastrongimpressionwithThatcherbyinvitinghertodanceandmakingthepartyasmashingsuccess. Gueststarring:PeterNeedham,VirgileBramly,AdamRayner,IvanaGavrić,AndyLucas,JosephMorgan,TanyaDuff,JessicaTurner,PaulButterworth,LeeLong,AlbertWelling,BarbaraFlynn,KennethCranham,GrahamBohea,RyanSimonsandKikaMarkham 3"TheEndoftheStreet"SaulDibbAndrewDavies31 May 2006 (2006-05-31)1.70 TheToriesareattheheightofpowerwithelectionsapproaching.Leo'slesbiansisterRosemaryarrivestoNick'sofficetoinformhimthatLeodiedfromcomplicationsofAIDS,toletNickknowthatLeodidhaveaspecialloveforhim,andtobesurethatNickhadn'tbecomesick.Nick'sboyfriendWani,however,hascontractedthedisease.Eventuallyhisconditioncausestherelationshiptoendandtheirmutualbusinessventurestofalter.NotlongaftertheelectionsinwhichGeraldwinsanotherterm,hisaffairandhisdealingswithcorruptinvestorsareexposedbythepress,plunginghimintoamajorfinancialscandal.TheydiscoverthatthesourceisafullymanicCat,whohaslongbeenoffhermedicationsandranawayfromhome.ThemagnitudeofthescandalforcesGeraldtoresignindisgrace.FurtherscandaleruptswhenNick'shomosexualityisleaked,destroyinghisrelationshipwiththeFeddens.TheyquestionhowhebecameintegratedintotheirlivesandprojecttheirangeraboutbetrayalontoNick,forcinghimtomoveoutoftheirhouse.WhileNickwassayingfarewelltotheirhousekeeper,withwhomhethoughthehadaclosebondfromthefouryearsoflivingthere,shesaidthatsheknewhewasnogoodfromthemomentshefirstlaideyesonhim.NickleavestheFeddensabrokenmanwithanuncertainfuture. Gueststarring:RosieFellner,KeeleyForsyth,MichaelN.Harbour,JohnBanks,TrevorWhite,JakeBroder,LuisSoto,MaxCane,TracyWiles,StephenHogan,GeorgieGlen,SarahMowat,DesHamiltonandTimElliott Reception[edit] TheIndependentcalledtheseriesan"intelligent,properlygrown-updrama."MattWellsofTheGuardiansaiditwasa"creativeflop"and"itexposedhowpoorlytheBBCservesgayviewers."[2]SamWollaston,alsowritingforTheGuardian,praisedtheseriesandcalledit"wonderful".[3]RupertSmith,alsowithTheGuardian,saiditwasa"masterclassinstorytelling-butsurelytherewasmoretothe1980sthanafewposhpeoplewithglossyhair?"[4] Homemedia[edit] TheDVDeditionwasreleasedon31July2006.[5] References[edit] ^"BARBTop30s". ^Wells,Matt(18May2006)."NotetoBBC:gaypeoplepaythelicencefeetoo".TheGuardian.Retrieved1February2014. ^Wollaston,Sam(18May2006)."Lastnight'sTV".TheGuardian.Retrieved1February2014. ^Smith,Rupert(1June2006)."Lastnight'sTV".TheGuardian.Retrieved1February2014. ^"TheLineOfBeauty(DVD)".BBCShop.Retrieved1February2014. 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