True Love (TV series) explained

Genre:Drama
Director:Dominic Savage
Starring:David Tennant
Billie Piper
Lacey Turner
David Morrissey
Jane Horrocks
Ashley Walters
Opentheme:"What the World Needs Now Is Love"
by Dionne Warwick
Country:United Kingdom
Language:English
Num Series:1
Num Episodes:5
Executive Producer:Juliette Howell
Tim Bevan
Eric Fellner
Lucy Richer (for BBC)
Producer:Guy Heeley
Location:Margate, Kent, England
Runtime:30 minutes
Company:Working Title Television
BBC
Channel:BBC One

True Love is a five-episode 2012 semi-improvised BBC television drama, which began on BBC One on 17 June 2012.

Each episode is a self-contained story (though there is some cross-over between all the episodes), devised through improvisation (a first for BBC One drama), exploring an issue related to love and relationships.[1] Was related to whomTrue Love had its first public screening at the Turner Contemporary in Margate on 29 March 2012. The series premiered on 17 June 2012 on BBC One, the remaining four episodes being stripped across the next three nights, with the final two airing as a double-bill on 20 June.[2] True Love was originally titled Love Life but was re-titled to avoid confusion with an ITV series with the same title.[3]

Plot

While each episode is self-contained, the series is set in the English seaside town of Margate, Kent. There is some overlap between episodes.

Filming

True Love was filmed entirely in Margate and surrounding areas between early September and mid-October 2011.[4] Billie Piper's episode was partially shot at The Charles Dickens School in Broadstairs, where some of the current students were invited to be extras, filming scenes alongside Piper. Other prominent locations include Botany Bay, Turner Contemporary, Westwood Cross shopping centre, and Margate railway station.[5]

Cast

Ratings

Episode-viewing figures are from Broadcast Now and Digital Spy.

Reception

The first episode was received negatively by most critics. Reviewing the episode for The Daily Telegraph, Isabel Mohan criticised the plot and Margate backdrop, both of which she found uninspiring,[6] while Sam Wollaston of The Guardian compared the storyline, overlaid with sentimental music, unfavourably to an edition of the Our Tune radio feature.[7] The Independents Terence Blacker was also unenthusiastic: "It messed up the story, revealing the outcome of a will-they-won't-they tale of infidelity before a single word of dialogue had been spoken."[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Love Life: five original, provocative love stories from Dominic Savage for BBC One. BBC Press Office. 25 September 2011.
  2. News: BBC One - True Love - Episode Guide . BBC One Website . London . June 2012 . 16 June 2012.
  3. News: BBC and ITV resolve Love Life clash . ATV Today . 25 February 2012 . 25 February 2012.
  4. News: David Tennant visits Thanet to film a new BBC drama . The Thanet Gazette . Thanet, Margate. 19 September 2011 . 25 September 2011.
  5. Web site: Kent Film Office. Kent Film Office True Love Film Focus.
  6. News: Isabel . Mohan . True Love, BBC One, review . The Daily Telegraph . 17 June 2012 . 21 June 2012 . London.
  7. News: Sam . Wollaston . TV review: Into Orbit: A Culture Show Special; Secrets of Our Living Planet; True Love | Television & radio . The Guardian . 17 June 2012 . 12 July 2012 . London.
  8. News: Terence . Blacker . Terence Blacker: It's a fascinating time for love – but TV can't keep up . Independent Print Ltd . The Independent . 19 June 2012 . 12 July 2012 . London.

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