Loved Up

Loved Up (1995)

Sarah's in Love and theres no turning back

Tells the story of a girl who, while working in a London cafe, meets a "raver" who introduces her to the drug Ecstasy and the whole British drugs scene. The girl falls in love with the raver, played splendidly by Ian Hart, but - when fired from her cafe job - she becomes involved with the seedier world of dealing.

Date of release
1995-08-21
TMDB
5.4 / 10 (17)
Runtime
1h 10m
Genres
Drama, Romance
Director
Peter Cattaneo

Casting

Interesting facts

Loved Up is a BBC drama, first shown on TV on 23 September 1995 on the BBC 2 Originally this was a school information film for teenagers to show the risks of taking ecstasy, first shown to schoolchildren in the UK in 1992 and part of the Love Bites series. The film was directed by Peter Cattaneo, and starred Lena Headey, Ian Hart and Charlie Creed-Miles, plus appearances by Jason Isaacs and Danny Dyer. The drama is notable for being the first collaboration between BBC Drama Screen Two and Scene with series associate producer Andy Rowley. Loved Up won a BAFTA award as Best Children's Drama in 1996.

Production

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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