A doctor and his girlfriend are stalked by a woman who claims to be in love with him. Meanwhile, the man falls in love with a younger woman. Based on a true story
Acting
Tara Fitzgerald's unsettling warmth masks genuine menace.
Direction
Jamie Payne makes Dorset feel claustrophobic as any city.
Writing
Based on actual 2000s case; the banality terrifies.
Director
Jamie Payne
David Morrissey
Dr. Jan Falkowski
Tara Fitzgerald
Debra Pemberton
Alex Lowe
Drew Langdon
Dearbhla Molloy
Dr. Bernice Falkowska
Michael Elwyn
Prof. Wojciech Falkowski
Lucy Griffiths
Bethan Ancell
Alexis Zegerman
Gemma
Lucy Robinson
Kay Scudder
Thomas Craig
DC Lee Rutter
Richard Lumsden
DI Steven Thorpe
Monica Dolan
Maria Marchese
Susannah Wise
Laura
John McArdle
Brian Pemberton
Guy Henry
Stephen Perrian
Pip Torrens
Mr. Higginson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Dr. Falkowski was a Polish-born anaesthetist in Dorset whose 2002-2004 stalking case made UK headlines; the 'Maria Marchese' pseudonym became tabloid shorthand for obsessive fixation.
This 2009 ITV production arrived at peak 'respectable British true crime' era—before Netflix docudramas, when TV movies still carried the whiff of Sunday evening moral instruction.
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