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Grief-stricken Hugh and Bella keep meeting after the sudden deaths of their loved ones.

Grief-stricken Hugh and Bella keep meeting after the sudden deaths of their loved ones. Stars Alex Jennings and Juliet Stevenson. From March 2009.

By Peter Souter. Hugh and Bella, are running to the same timetable, the timetable you're on if someone you love has just died, and they keep running into each other. 

They visit the same undertakers at the same time; Hugh's Mum is cremated immediately after Bella's husband; and they even end up in the same bereavement-counselling group. 

But Hugh and Bella are dealing with very different types of grief. Hugh's heart is like a toy that has never been taken out of the box, Bella's is like a beautiful crystal glass that's been dropped from a 30 storey building. 

Hugh... Alex Jennings
Bella... Juliet Stevenson
Daisy... Lizzy Watts

Directed by Gordon House.

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