The Fragile Heart (1996–1996)

TV ShowEndedChannel 4Drama1 season, 3 episodes
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Plot

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.

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Episodes by season

Season013Episodes1996Aired—Season avg
  1. S01E01Episode 1November 6, 1996—
  2. S01E02Episode 2November 13, 1996—
  3. S01E03Episode 3November 20, 1996—

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Cast

Nigel HawthorneNigel HawthorneDr. Edgar PascoeDearbhla MolloyDearbhla MolloyDr. Lileth PascoeHelen McCroryHelen McCroryNicola PascoeDominic MafhamDominic MafhamDaniel PascoeGareth ArmstrongGareth ArmstrongProfusionistMarian McLoughlinMarian McLoughlinMargaret SedgleyRobert Langdon LloydRobert Langdon LloydDr. Maurice Denton
Ian Aspinall
Ian AspinallDilip Satsu

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