The Fragile Heart 27 years old

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.

Credits

Helen McCrory
Helen McCrory

Nicola Pascoe

Nigel Hawthorne
Nigel Hawthorne

Dr. Edgar Pascoe

Dominic Mafham
Dominic Mafham

Daniel Pascoe

Ian Aspinall
Ian Aspinall

Dilip Satsu

Marian McLoughlin
Marian McLoughlin

Margaret Sedgley

Dearbhla Molloy
Dearbhla Molloy

Dr. Lileth Pascoe

Cast

Name Character
Helen McCrory She was 28 , now 55 years old as Nicola Pascoe
Nigel Hawthorne He was 67 , 72 years old when he died as Dr. Edgar Pascoe
Dominic Mafham He was 28 , now 56 years old as Daniel Pascoe
Ian Aspinall He was 25 , now 53 years old as Dilip Satsu
Marian McLoughlin She was 34 , now 61 years old as Margaret Sedgley
Dearbhla Molloy She was 50 , now 78 years old as Dr. Lileth Pascoe
Robert Langdon Lloyd as Dr. Maurice Denton

Crew

Name Job title
Brian Eastman Production He was 47 , now 74 years old Producer
Paula Milne Writing She was 49 , now 77 years old Writer
The Fragile Heart poster
The Fragile Heart (27 years)

Ended

  • First Air Date: 1996-11-06
  • Runtime: [65,90] minutes
  • Number of Episodes: 3