Recovery (TV drama)

Recovery (TV drama)

Infobox Television Film
name = Recovery


caption = Tennant and Parish
format = Drama
runtime = 90 minutes (approx.)
creator =
director = Andy DeEmmony
producer =
writer = Tony Marchant
starring = David Tennant,
Sarah Parish
music =
country = UK
language = English
network = BBC
released = February 25, 2007
website = http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/recovery/
imdb_id = 0847149
tv_com_id =
amg_id =

"Recovery" is a one-off British television drama, first broadcast on BBC One in 2007, starring David Tennant and Sarah Parish.

ummary

It deals with the life of Alan Hamilton (played by David Tennant), the former head of a construction firm, after he receives serious personality-changing brain injuries in a car accident, and the emotional feeling of his family. Tricia, his wife (played by Sarah Parish) struggles because the man she knew has gone. Throughout the programme she tries to bring him back through memories, photographs, her sons and herself.

Cast

*Alan Hamilton — David Tennant
*Tricia Hamilton — Sarah Parish
*Dean Hamilton — Harry Treadaway
*Joel Hamilton — Jacob Théato
*Johnathon — Jay Simpson
*Gwen — Jo McInnes

Cast Notes

*This marks the third time that David Tennant and Sarah Parish have worked together. The first was the 2004 serial, "Blackpool", where David played a DI who falls in love with his suspect's wife (Sarah), and the second was the "Doctor Who" Christmas special, "The Runaway Bride", where David played his usual role as the Doctor and Sarah played a giant alien spider called the Empress of the Racnoss.

Reception

*The Liverpool Echo called Recovery "perhaps the best thing David Tennant's ever done." [cite news|title=TV Picks:Recovery|url=http://www.david-tennant.com/temp/id79.html|work=The Liverpool Echo|date=2007-02-26]
*The Herald called it "one of TV's saddest, most harrowing dramas ever" and encouraged people to donate to the brain injury charity, Headway, whether they had seen the drama or not. [cite news|title=The Most Harrowing TV Drama Ever|url=http://www.david-tennant.com/temp/id79.html|work=The Herald|date=2007-02-26]
*The Times said that "Tennant and Parish made it affecting viewing" and that they also "thankfully avoided the Hollywood trend to use memory loss as a gateway to deeper healing, a little miracle to help us forget our mean adult selves and learn to be innocent again." [cite news|title=Last Night's TV Recovery|url=http://www.david-tennant.com/temp/id79.html|work=The Times|date=2007-02-26]
*The Guardian said "It wasn't over-sentimental, just believable. And much more powerful for that. Anyone who says they didn't have a lump in their throats is either an unfeeling brute or a liar." [cite news|title=Recovery|url=http://www.david-tennant.com/temp/id79.html|work=The Guardian|date=2007-02-26]
*The Scotsman said "This is sobering, saddening stuff, a tragic portrait of a living hell which, if nothing else, should encourage you to be more vigilant the next time you cross the road." [cite news|title=Doctor Who?|url=http://www.david-tennant.com/temp/id79.html|work=The Scotsman|date=2007-02-24]

References

External links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/recovery/ Official Recovery Site] at bbc.co.uk
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/0847149 Recovery] at the Internet Movie Database


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