![]() But while the cyclical nature of abuse is a worthwhile theme, it requires time to illustrate with subtlety and without resorting to caricature. There, Alice meets Dylan (Sebastián Zurita), a colleague who starts to resemble her father in disturbing ways as they fall in love. ![]() After a fight with June, Alice leaves home and gets a job as a ranger at a national park with natural beauty Ivin captures in all its grandeur. Such structural issues undermine the material that’s meant to be the crux of the show. The lead-up to and immediate aftermath of the Hart fire start to drag, while key moments in Alice’s life lack room to breathe - or bloom, if we’re sticking to the flower metaphor. That Alice’s first love is an undocumented immigrant is both abruptly announced and only used to set up the couple’s tragic split. In between, we learn Alice had a romance with a childhood friend, a formative bond we only watch unfold in flashback. Similarly, the show spends several episodes on Alice’s adjustment to Thornfield, then flashes forward to her life as an adult. This dynamic is moving enough on its own, but “The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart” heaps on a series of unnecessary revelations about Sally’s romantic past and relationship with Alice’s parents, some of which come out of left field and with no basis in what we see onscreen. But the show too often heightens itself into melodrama, the opposite of the realism and sensitivity called for by its subject matter.īefore the fire, Alice is an avid reader who earns the affection of Sally (Asher Keddie), a local librarian mourning the loss of her own daughter at around Alice’s age. “The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart” wants to shed light on the lived experience of gendered abuse, and in that attempt, showrunner Sarah Lambert and director Glendyn Ivin employ some powerful imagery and performances. Combined with an awkward pace that lingers far too long on some story beats while skipping over others entirely, the effect is counterproductive. Just as flowers can be plants, people or an entire language unto themselves, the limited series from Amazon Prime Video overcrowds its seven episodes with subplots and twists that obscure its deeper resonance. Vanessa takes a shine to Danny but discovers that she has competition for his affections.Adapted from Holly Ringland’s novel of the same name, “The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart” packs a great deal - too much, perhaps - into a single concept. He’s relieved when the reserve is bought by Vanessa (Mary-Anne Barlow), a glamorous South African businesswoman who intends to restore the place to its former glory. ![]() Danny is forced to intervene when the lives of the animals left behind at Mara are threatened. And Juliet Mills also joins the cast as Georgina, sent to take care of Du Plessis (Deon Stewardson) while her sister Caroline (Hayley Mills) remains in the UK with her granddaughter.ĭuring the new series the family find themselves not only running their own reserve but sorting out problems at neighbouring Mara which has gone into receivership and fallen into disrepair. Rosie, played by Lucy-Jo Hudson, faces tough decisions over her future as a vet and with fiancé Max (Martinus Van Der Berg). ![]() ![]() Stephen Tompkinson returns as Danny Trevanion battling to keep his family together following the death of his wife, Sarah as the courts threaten to send his stepson Evan (Luke Ward Wilkinson) back to the UK and his real father. Danny needs a new vet to work alongside him in the busy animal hospital, but gradually realises he’s taken on more than he bargained for in Alice. “The Trevanions are back at Leopard’s Den for a fourth series of the much-loved, ratings winning ITV drama Wild At Heart and this series there is a new vet on the scene.ĭawn Steele (Sea of Souls, Monarch of the Glen) joins the cast as feisty vet Alice Collins, who has been working as a locum in South Africa, with her young daughter Charlotte. So I thought they might like to read the first full details of the fourth series, released this afternoon – with filming going on until November. I know from the huge number of comments and emails I receive just how much they appreciate the ITV1 series. ![]()
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