剧情介绍
A drama which deals with the lives of four ordinary people in the week of Princess Diana's death.
In 1997 news that Princess Diana has just died in a car crash is particularly resonant for young Jack Hawkins, whose own mother has just passed away. Estranged from his father Colin, he seeks help from neighbour Russell, leading to mutual romance, before reconciling with Colin at his mother's funeral. Meanwhile in Bradford unhappy wife Yasmin, whose domineering, debt-ridden husband Hassan has no sympathy with Diana - claiming she should have stayed with Prince Charles - sees the chance to escape with her little girl to her uncle Zaheer, in London, where she relishes her new-found independence. In Scotland florist Mary McDonald, caring for her dementia-stricken mother, sees an opportunity to drive to London with business partner Gordie and sell flowers to the mourning public whilst on honeymoon in Paris ambitious journalist Michael Lewis is also aware that Diana's death will give him his big break but it costs him his marriage. Mary is also disappointed by her lack of success but ...
从事件中心到外围的四个故事，没有刻意地拼凑在一起，但顺序又是事件发生的时间线来写，所以没什么违和感……好看的点在于戴安娜的悲剧让主角们都加速认清了眼前的事实并做出了更积极的改变…where theres ruin, theres hope for treasure呀
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