![Personal Affairs. Image shows from L to R: Grace Darling (Olivia Grant), Nicole Palmerston-Amory (Maimie McCoy), Doris 'Sid' Siddiqi (Ruth Negga), Lucy Baxter (Laura Aikman), Michelle 'Midge' Lerner (Annabel Scholey). Copyright: 2am TV Personal Affairs. Image shows from L to R: Grace Darling (Olivia Grant), Nicole Palmerston-Amory (Maimie McCoy), Doris 'Sid' Siddiqi (Ruth Negga), Lucy Baxter (Laura Aikman), Michelle 'Midge' Lerner (Annabel Scholey). Copyright: 2am TV](https://cdn.comedy.co.uk/images/library/comedies/300x200/p/personal_affairs.jpg)
Personal Affairs
- TV comedy drama
- BBC Three
- 2009
- 5 episodes (1 series)
Five-part comedy drama following the fortunes of four personal assistants in the City of London. A mystery and dark secrets feature at the heart. Stars Laura Aikman, Annabel Scholey, Ruth Negga, Maimie McCoy, Olivia Grant and more.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 5 - Connectivity
Further details
With Crawford still holding the girls at gunpoint, Midge frantically goes in search of their captors' focus of revenge, Rock Van Gelder, but he's nowhere to be found. Unexpectedly, the girls' salvation comes in the shape of Grace.
Making a dramatic return, Grace tries to persuade Jane to call off her engagement to Richard and give their relationship a proper chance. But Jane can't deal with how people will react and grows increasingly frantic after discovering the PAs know all about their secret liaison.
In a last-ditch attempt to prove that she's not gay, Jane makes a move on PA Robbie but, when they kiss, all she sees is Grace. Bob gatecrashes the party to try to win back the affections of his wife, Lucy, but she's unsure that they have a future together following his infidelity. Affairs of the heart then take a back seat after Ian makes Lucy an offer she can't refuse...
Elsewhere, Sid and Rock behave like awkward teenagers around one another following their disastrous kiss, while Avi finally faces up to his feelings for Midge. But the young PA has other things on her mind - she is convinced that her boss, Simon, is really the mysterious Adam Hartmann and has undergone extensive plastic surgery to conceal his true identity.
Simon tries to make Midge see reason - why would he change his identity, marry his twin sister, Evie, and then come to work in the family business? But Midge has made up her mind.
The truth proves to be more shocking than the girls could ever have anticipated as secrets and lies unravel. The consequences prove fatal for one Hartmann Payne employee and life will never be the same for Lucy, Midge, Nicole, Sid and Grace.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Tuesday 14th July 2009
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- BBC Three
- Length
- 60 minutes
Cast & crew
Laura Aikman | Lucy Baxter |
Annabel Scholey | Michelle 'Midge' Lerner |
Ruth Negga | Doris 'Sid' Siddiqi |
Maimie McCoy | Nicole Palmerston-Amory |
Olivia Grant | Grace Darling |
Mark Benton | Iain Ebelthite |
Robert Gant | Rock Van Gelder |
Archie Panjabi | Jane Lesser |
Darren Boyd | Simon Turner |
Joe Absolom | Bob Baxter |
Emily Bruni | Rachel Klein |
Jamie Davis | Robbie Gascoigne |
Kieran Bew | Avi Gellman |
Jeremy Sheffield | Dr Richard Palmer |
Al Weaver | Crawford Crawford |
Ben Lloyd-Hughes | Dominic Fitzwallace |
Ron Cook | Bernie Lerner |
Ruta Gedmintas | Evie Hartmann-Turner |
Gareth Thomas | Leo Hartmann |
Gabbie Asher | Writer |
Lucy Guy | Script Editor |
James Henry | Director |
Gillian McNeill | Producer |
Anne Mensah | Executive Producer |
Susie Conklin | Executive Producer |
Amanda Martin | Executive Producer |
Patrick Doherty | Editor |
Jim Hamilton | Editor |
Mike Gunn | Production Designer |
Nina Humphreys | Composer |
Video
Final Episode Preview
Things come to an emotional climax at the Hartmann Payne party.