Fourth of a five-part drama about a couple and their daughters.
Starring Keith Barron, Sheila Hancock, Amanda Redman

Robert confesses his affair to Louise.
Contains sex scenes and nudity.
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[Photo caption] Close encounter: Stephen (Lorcan Cranitch) and Prudence (Amanda Redman) in Close Relations

Close Relations 9.20pm BBC1
It's the episode we've all been waiting for. At least it's the one with the three-in-a-bed sex scene that there's been so much fuss about in the press. However, a lot happens before we get to that particular erotic sequence.
Dorothy has turned into "a bloody liability" according to her daughters. She's certainly managing to upset or offend everyone by interfering in their lives. "I've learned more about my daughters in the past three months than I have in the past 30 years," she tells the man she just bumped into in the car park. If she's anything like the rest of her family, it won't be long before she and he are sharing a bed.
Meanwhile, Louise's perfect world is turned upside-down when she learns of her husband's infidelity. However, if she thought things couldn't get worse, they do. Much worse. So how many more convoluted couplings can there be? Which brings us back to that threesome...

Read Lorcan Cranitch's Kind of Day on page 146