BREATHLESS (TV SHOW) - DVD-PBS (2 DISCS)

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• Release Year: 2014
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: Set in a London hospital in 1961—when Britain was on the brink of cultural revolution, when abortion was illegal, and the contraceptive pill was relatively new—Breathless follows the lives of a group of doctors and nurses working in a busy OB/GYN unit, in which everything and everyone has their place. But underneath the shiny veneer simmers a vast cauldron of lies, deception, and guilty secrets driven by love, ambition, and sex.; ; Otto Powel (Jack Davenporty, Smash, Coupling) is a brilliant and charismatic surgeon, who passionately believes he can make a difference in women's lives. His marriage to the elegant Elizabeth (Natasha Little, Any Human Heart) appears to be idyllic—but Otto and Elizabeth are hiding a devastating secret, an event in their past which could shatter the careful illusion they have created.; ; Davenport leads an impressive ensemble cast featuring lain Glen (Game of Thrones, Downton Abbey), Zoe Boyle (Downton Abbey), Catherine Steadman (The Tudors), and Joanna Page (Love Actually).;
• Cast: Catherine Steadman, Zoe Boyle, Shaun Dingwall, Jack Davenport, Oliver Chris, Natasha Little, Joanna Page, Melanie Kilburn, Dystin Johnson, Ronny Jhutti, Rudi Goodman, Holli Dempsey, Diane Fletcher, Iain Glen, Cheryl Campbell, Finbar Lynch, Sarah Parish, Michael Troughton, Tom Rosenthal, Sophie Scott, Gordon Kennedy, Cathy Sara, Penny Downie, Sherry Baines, Julia Deakin, Victoria Bewick, Pippa Haywood, Jayne McKenna, Jessica Madsen, Simon Roberts, Angus Wright, Henry Gilbert, Annabel Mullion, Chris Leask, Natalie Burt, Pip Torrens, Stacey Ghent, Sophie Hammond, William Chubb, James Duke, Eleanor McPhee, Deirdre Mullins, Richie Campbell, Prue Clarke, John Hollingworth, Edward Hancock, Abby Rakic-Platt, Charlotte Allam, Lorna Nickson Brown, Sam Coulson, Jenny Galloway, Edmund Kingsley, Daniel Chapple, Josh Wichard, Rudy Valentino Grant, Gemma Rourke, Claire Ashton, Andrew Bone, Pamela Betsy Cooper, Chris Edgerley, Luke Hope, Laura Hydari, Crystal Leaity, Ed Pearce, Philippa Langdale, Marek Losey, Paul Unwin, Peter Grimsdale, Simon Tyrrell
• Director: Philippa Langdale
• Runtime: 4:30
• Company: ITV Studios Limited, Masterpiece
• Media Format: movie