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The Fragile Heart

★ 7.6 76 votes 1996–1996 1 seasons · 4 episodes Ended Channel 4
Starring
Nigel HawthorneDearbhla MolloyHelen McCroryDominic MafhamRobert Langdon LloydMarian McLoughlin
Starring
Nigel HawthorneDearbhla MolloyHelen McCroryDominic MafhamRobert Langdon LloydMarian McLoughlin
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
036912
E1E2E3E4
S17.57.37.4

About

Edgar Pascoe is a highly successful and charismatic cardiac surgeon. Pre-eminent in his field, he is the embodiment of the upper echelons of medicine: urbane, assured, supremely confident in his own abilities. But he is not infallible - either in the operating theatre or in his private life with his divided family. Edgar's wife Lileth, a dedicated and compassionate country GP, is increasingly drawn to the holistic arts of healing still practiced in the East, but scorned by purveyors of Western technology. As their professional ideals and methods clash, so inevitably does their relationship. Nicola is Edgar's favoured child, ruthless and unscrupulous in her ambition to emulate her illustrious father. But it is in China, heading a medical delegation, that Edgar is confronted by an ethical dilemma over the abuse of human rights and is forced into a painful moral awakening which will prove to affect every area of his life.

All Seasons

Season 11996
7.43343h 15m
EpTitleRatingVotesRuntime
1Episode #1.17.51265 min
2Episode #1.27.31165 min
3Episode #1.37.41065 min
4Episode #1.4

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Nigel Hawthorne Edgar Pascoe
Dearbhla Molloy Lileth Pascoe
Helen McCrory Nicola Pascoe
Dominic Mafham Daniel Pascoe
Robert Langdon Lloyd Maurice Denton
Marian McLoughlin Margaret Sedgley
Ian Aspinall Dilip Satsu
Peter Penry-Jones Surgeon
Philip De Souza Man in Shadow
Nick Lucas Anaesthetist

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