True Love (TV series)

Did You Know?

• True Love had its first public screening at the Turner Contemporary in Margate on 29 March 2012.
• Filming took place entirely in Margate and surrounding areas between early September and mid-October 2011.
• Billie Piper's episode was partially shot at The Charles Dickens School in Broadstairs, where some current students were extras.

Plot

Each episode is self-contained but set in the English seaside town of Margate, Kent, with some overlap between episodes. Episode one follows Nick (David Tennant), whose happy marriage is disrupted by the reappearance of his first love. Episode two centers on Paul (Ashley Walters), a new father married to Michelle (Lacey Turner) who experiences love at first sight. Episode three focuses on Holly (Billie Piper), a teacher in an unhappy affair with a married man who develops feelings for a student (Kaya Scodelario). Episode four features Sandra (Jane Horrocks), a shop keeper in a stale marriage who embarks on a passionate affair with a mysterious man. Episode five follows Adrian (David Morrissey), a divorcé living with his 16-year-old daughter, who begins an internet relationship while his daughter's best friend (Jo Woodcock) develops an unrequited obsessive love for him.

Reception

The first episode received mostly negative reviews. Isabel Mohan of The Daily Telegraph criticized the plot and Margate backdrop as uninspiring. Sam Wollaston of The Guardian compared the storyline, accompanied by sentimental music, unfavorably to an edition of the Our Tune radio feature. Terence Blacker of The Independent noted that the story revealed the outcome of a will-they-won't-they tale of infidelity before any dialogue had been spoken.