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Dangerous Passions: Episode 1: Jealousy

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Episode 1: Jealousy

Dangerous Passions

Jealousy

BBC One - Dangerous Passions, Jealousy

An investigation into the extreme human emotion of jealousy.

Series of documentaries looking at extremes of human emotion. The first episode looks at jealousy, as two women of different generations with highly possessive natures are observed.

Series about the three most volcanic emotions we experience in love: jealousy, anger and desire. Driven by human interest stories, the programme features moments of emotional honesty, scientific insight, and remarkable actuality footage - and follows key characters on moving journeys of change. Stalking, rows, a father's worst nightmare, a journey of redemption - episode 1 looks at jealousy. We discover how jealousy can torment the most unlikely people, and how the right circumstances can even push some of us to act in extreme ways.Val is a funny, warm OAP suddenly consumed by dangerous thoughts about her ex's new girlfriend. Footage follows her stalking, then we see her efforts to turn her life around. The story ends in the most unexpected way.Kelly's jealous rows with her boyfriend, Nick, have to be seen to be believed. She's experiencing the cocktail of emotions that make up jealousy in an extreme form. She decides to go through therapy and it ends with a very surprising twist.Allan's jealousy pushed him to a devastating moment of violence, but Gordon's story shows why we've evolved this emotion. He felt overwhelming jealousy when he discovered that his children were not his own. 

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Series about the most volcanic emotions we experience in love: jealousy, anger and desire.

Series about the three most volcanic emotions we experience in love: jealousy, anger and desire.

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