with John Pitman
Six love stories about six very different couples.
1: Claire and Desmond Agony aunt Claire Rayner has been married for 26 years. Desmond is a failed actor who wants to be a painter-a personality in his own right. Currently he manages Claire's affairs. He's a gentle, affable man. Shy and retiring. Almost the exact opposite of his bouncing, ebullient wife. But sometimes the roles are reversed. When he gets his first exhibition at London's Barbican Centre, the confident Claire becomes a bag of nerves. Friends say they have 'the perfect marriage'. They are not so sure. 'I think perhaps we are too close; that we rely on each other too much,' says Claire. 'And we're always afraid that something will come along to spoil it.'
Photography TONY BRAGG
Film editor CHRISTINE GARNER
Series producer EDWARD MIRZOEFF Director PETER GRIMSDALE .FEATURE: page 15