Loved Up

Loved Up is a BBC drama, first shown on 23 September 1995 in the BBC 2 Love Bites series. The film was directed by Peter Cattaneo, who would go on to direct the feature films The Full Monty (1997) and Lucky Break (2001). Starring Lena Headey, Ian Hart and Jason Isaacs, it includes an early appearance by Danny Dyer, who subsequently starred in the 1999 film, Human Traffic, which explored similar themes of clubbing and drug culture. The drama is notable for being the first collaboration between BBC Drama Screen Two ( BBC Two ) and Scene (BBC Education) with series Assoc. Producer Andy Rowley. Loved Up won a BAFTA award as Best Children's Drama in 1996

The story revolves around Tom, played by Ian Hart, who meets Sarah (Lena Headey) in the cafe in which she works. She is quickly swept up in Tom's lifestyle, where she finds escape from her traumatic family life.

The film follows her path into the world of clubbing and ecstasy, her personal relationship with Tom, and her growing family pressures. The film culminates with Sarah's mother's drinking problem leading to an attempted suicide, and Sarah asking Tom for help by leaving him a vague answerphone message he does not actually receive in time to be able to do anything. Sarah ends her relationship with Tom, and the film finishes with Tom dropping another pill, and dancing his troubles away.

A 2 x 30 minute abridged version of the story (the original screening was 70 minutes) was screened as part of the BBC Schools Scene series in October 1995, and subsequently repeated a number of times.

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