BBC News
By Rebecca Thomas
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image captionKeeley Hawes stars as Alice who finds it hard to know how to behave after her partner s death
It is rare for a fictional TV show or movie to capture real grief effectively and honestly, given the difficulty in striking a balance between over-sentimentality and abject gloom.
But taking on such a challenge was considered worthwhile by the producers of the six-part ITV drama series Finding Alice.
Alice is a young woman left suddenly floundering and trying to find herself after her partner Harry dies from apparently falling down the stairs of their flash dream smart home, which he devotedly built himself.