''Take Me'' is the title of a 2001 British television drama serial on

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. The series was produced by

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, then known as "SMG TV Productions", and Coastal. It was filmed between October and December 2000 and first broadcast in the UK on 5 August 2001. Alex Pillai was the director. The series was filmed in multiple locations, including

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city centre; Wynyard Park,

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Plot

Jack Chambers (

) and his wife, Kay (

), move into their new house on the Hadleigh corner estate – only to become embroiled in a tangled web of sexual relationships and secrets involving their neighbours, Doug Patton ( Danny Webb) and his wife, Andrea (

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). To make matters worse, Jack's work life has fallen into disrepair after his secretary Helen (Tara Moran) tries to seduce him, and he discovers his best friend, Kevin (Gilly Gilchrist), is having an affair with his wife. As the situation intensifies, Jack is caught up in the covering up of a murder, and Kay is left wondering who the father of her baby is when she falls pregnant. Meanwhile, Jack is forced to deal with the increasing pressure of his elderly father Don (

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Cast

as Jack Chambers, businessman *

as Kay Chambers, Jack's wife *

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as Maggie Chambers, Jack and Kay's daughter * Danny Webb as Doug Patton, Jack and Kay's neighbour *

as Andrea Patton, Doug's wife * Annette Ekblom as Lauren Vincent, Kay's older sister *

Aneirin Hughes Aneirin Hughes (born Aneurin Hughes, 8 May 1958) is a Welsh actor and singer known for playing Chief Superintendent Brian Prosser in the BBC4 Welsh police drama ''Hinterland''. He won a Best Actor BAFTA Cymru (or BAFTA Wales) for his appearance ...

as Sam Vincent, Lauren's husband *

as Don Chambers, Jack's father * Gilly Gilchrist as Kevin Denton, Jack's best friend and colleague * Tara Moran as Helen Jefferson, Jack's colleague and admirer

Episode list

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2000s British drama television series 2001 British television series debuts 2001 British television series endings 2000s British television miniseries ITV television dramas Television shows produced by Scottish Television English-language television shows Television shows set in the United Kingdom