''Marian, Again'' is a two-part British

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serial, written by Ben Court and Caroline Ip and directed by David Drury, that broadcast across two consecutive nights on ITV from 5 September 2005. Filmed in and around

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and on Ballaugh and

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on the

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during May and June 2005, the serial is based upon the real-life

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in the

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. Also taking inspiration from the cases of

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and

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, ''Marian, Again'' follows married father of three Chris Bevan (

Stephen Tompkinson Stephen Phillip Tompkinson (born 15 October 1965) is an English actor, known for his television roles as Marcus in '' Chancer '' (1990), Damien Day in '' Drop the Dead Donkey'' (1990–1998), Father Peter Clifford in '' Ballykissangel'' (1996� ...

), who whilst taking his daughter to school exam, seemingly catches sight of his first girlfriend, Marian Walsh (

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), who mysteriously disappeared fifteen years ago and has not been seen or heard from since. ''Marian, Again'' broadcast over two consecutive nights, with parts one and two attracting 6.76 million and 5.95 million viewers respectively. The serial was released on DVD in Denmark on 13 September 2006, but this remains the only official release worldwide.

Plot

Chris Bevan (

) encounters his first love, Marian Walsh (

), fifteen years after her abrupt disappearance. Although he had accepted her loss and moved on, he—now a married father of three daughters—is intrigued, confused, and eager to know why she suddenly left. What he doesn't know is that she was abducted by Bernie (

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), a creepy regular at her father's D.I.Y. store. After years of physical and mental torture at Bernie's hands, Marian is a shadow of her former self and has been convinced by Bernie that she's someone named Susie. Chris must now fight to save the woman he loved, but it's more difficult than he had anticipated.

Cast

as Chris Bevan *

as Marian Walsh *

as Bernie Sullivan *

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as Josie Bevan *

Paul Copley Paul Mackriell Copley (born 25 November 1944) is an English actor and voice over artist. From 2011 to 2015 he appeared as Mr. Mason, father of William Mason, in 16 episodes of ''Downton Abbey'', and from 2020 to 2021, he appeared in the ITV s ...

as Philip Walsh * Katie Ross as Olivia Bevan *

Grace Cassidy Grace May Cassidy (born 24 March 1993) is an English actress. She began her career as a child actress in the BBC One drama '' The Chase'' (2006–2007), the CBBC series ''Grange Hill'' (2007–2008), and the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'' (2009– ...

as Esme Bevan * Amy Lythgoe as Tilly Bevan * Jack Harrison-Cooper as Brandon Brison *

Stuart McQuarrie Stuart McQuarrie (born 19 March 1963) is a Scottish actor who has performed extensively in theatre. In television he has appeared in ''Taggart'' (1990), ''Rab C. Nesbitt'' (1992), ''London's Burning (TV series), London's Burning'' (1994), ''Bug ...

as Jim * Natalie Richards as Frances * Junaid Iqbal-Wahid as Sonny * Shahed Ali as Suraj * Sian Gibson as Fiona * Patrick Connolly as PC Quinn * Peter Slater as PC Sanders

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0476301
Official website
2005 films 2005 television films 2005 psychological thriller films British thriller television films British psychological thriller films Films directed by David Drury 2000s English-language films 2000s British films English-language thriller films