Bouquet Of Barbed Wire - Episode guide

ITV1's Bouquet Of Barbed Wire is a modern reworking of Andrea Newman’s taboo-busting 1970s psychological drama.

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Trevor Eve (Waking The Dead) leads the cast as Peter Manson, alongside Hermione Norris (Spooks), Imogen Poots (Miss Austen Regrets), To Riley (Lost In Austen), Jemima Rooper (Lost In Austen) and Mark Lewis Jones (The Passion).


Episode 1
Monday 6th September 2010

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Peter is a successful architect with offices in the city of London, but his practice has been severely hit by the recession. In a bid to bring in new clients he and his partner (Richard) decide to employ a junior. The successful candidate is Sarah Francis, a beautiful and talented twenty-something. As Peter tries to overcome the aching fear that he has lost his daughter forever, his relationship with Cassie becomes increasingly distant. Is this just fatherly concern, or has Peter’s love for Prue become an obsession?


Episode 2
Monday 13th September 2010

When Prue returns from her honeymoon with her face battered and bruised, Peter is convinced that Gavin is to blame. He distracts himself by having a fling with colleague Sarah, but his obsession with Gavin goes to a dangerous new level. Cassie tries all she can to keep the family together, but she begins to fall under Gavin’s spell, intrigued by his knowledge of Peter’s past and the mysterious woman named Paula.


Episode 3
Monday 20th September 2010

With his marriage at breaking point, and facing financial ruin, the net begins to close around Peter: everything appears to lead back to “Paula”. As Gavin’s personal quest for the truth nears its conclusion Peter is forced to face the dark secret of his past, a secret which shines a disturbing light on Peter’s own love for Prue, and forces the Manson family to acknowledge a truth which may destroy their lives forever.