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Keeley Hawes as Alice, Sharon Rooney as Nicola, Joanna Lumley as Sarah, Nigel Havers as Roger, Isabella Pappas as Charlotte, Rhashan Stone as Nathan, Kenneth Cranham as Gerry, Gemma Jones as Minnie and Dominique Moore as Yasmina Picture: ITV/Red Productio Grief can be a complicated journey - as the new ITV series, Finding Alice, so brilliantly explores. The eponymous character - Alice Dillon - is played by London-born Keeley Hawes, one of the UK’s most-loved and sought-after actresses (this month also sees her star in Channel 4 drama, It’s A Sin). The 44-year-old star, who has her own production company, Buddy Club Productions, was also involved in the development of the six-part series.
Grief can be a complicated journey - as the new ITV series, Finding Alice, so brilliantly explores. The eponymous character - Alice Dillon - is played by London-born Keeley Hawes, one of the UK s most-loved and sought-after actresses (this month also sees her star in Channel 4 drama, It s A Sin). The 44-year-old star, who has her own production company, Buddy Club Productions, was also involved in the development of the six-part series. She had previously worked with Roger Goldby (Finding Alice director, co-writer and executive producer) and Simon Nye (co-writer and executive producer) on ITV hit The Durrells. And, speaking at a press event on behalf of Finding Alice, she says they wanted to continue the great dynamic they had together.
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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.