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Away from Her

Emotional drama about a man who reassesses his life when his wife, institutionalised with Alzheimer's, transfers her affections for him on to another man. Julie Christie stars.

Emotional drama. Fiona and her long-term husband Grant live a cocooned life in a country house in Canada, but the onset of Fiona's Alzheimer's threatens to disrupt their idyll. As her condition deteriorates, Fiona fears becoming a burden to Grant and convinces him to check her into a care home. Grant is not allowed to visit her for the first 30 days, and when he finally does he finds that Fiona has come to barely recognise him and has formed an emotional attachment to another patient.

1 hour, 45 minutes

Last on

Thu 6 Nov 201400:05
BBC One Scotland HD, Northern Ireland HD, Wales HD, Wales, Scotland & 1 more only

Credits

DirectorSarah Polley
Fiona AndersonJulie Christie
Grant AndersonGordon Pinsent
MarianOlympia Dukakis
Madeleine MontpellierWendy Crewson
KristyKristen Thomson
AubreyMichael Murphy
Young FionaStacey LaBerge
VeronicaDeanna Dezmari
William HartThomas Hauff
Dr FischerAlberta Watson
MonicaNina Dobrev
WriterSarah Polley
AuthorAlice Munro
ProducerDaniel Iron
ProducerSimone Urdl
ProducerJennifer Weiss
ComposerJonathan Goldsmith

Broadcasts

  • Tue 30 Nov 201023:35
    BBC One except Northern Ireland, Scotland & Wales
  • Wed 1 Dec 201000:05
    BBC One Scotland
  • Tue 22 Nov 201123:45
    BBC One except Northern Ireland & Wales
  • Wed 23 Nov 201100:15
    BBC One Wales
  • Wed 29 May 201323:35
    BBC One except Northern Ireland
  • Tue 4 Feb 201423:25
    BBC One except Northern Ireland, Scotland & Wales
  • Tue 4 Feb 201423:55
    BBC One Wales HD & Wales only
  • Wed 5 Feb 201400:20
    BBC One Scotland HD & Scotland only
  • Wed 5 Feb 201400:25
    BBC One Northern Ireland HD & Northern Ireland only
  • Wed 5 Nov 201423:45
    BBC One except Northern Ireland, Scotland & Wales
  • Thu 6 Nov 201400:05
    BBC One Scotland HD, Northern Ireland HD, Wales HD, Wales, Scotland & 1 more only