Comedy drama about a vain barrister who undergoes a personality change after having a heart transplant. Believing that this could be linked to the character of the donor, he travels to a village in Scotland to find out more about him, and there falls for the man's widow.
Acting
Angus Deayton's smug-to-soulful transformation is weirdly compelling.
Writing
Bonkers premise treated with genuine emotional sincerity.
Director
Nicholas Laughland
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made for ITV, this was part of a wave of quirky British TV movies that rarely crossed the Atlantic.
The 'cellular memory' theory—organs carrying donor traits—was briefly trendy in 2000s pop science, making this oddly zeitgeisty.
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