Product Details

• Actors: Robson Green, Francesca Annis, Peter Pacey, Tony Barton, Stephen Hoyle
• Directors: David Richards
• Writers: Paul Abbott
• Producers: Carolyn Reynolds, Sita Williams
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Original recording reissued, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Wgbh Boston
• VHS Release Date: May 1, 2001
• Run Time: 102 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005JHCB
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #25,801 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)

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Editorial Reviews

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What's not to like about this follow-up to the touching and hilarious Reckless? That made-for-TV film from Britain's Granada Television concerned the unlikely but quite real love affair between Owen Springer (Robson Green), a mid-30s surgeon who embraces his working-class roots, and Anna Crane (Francesca Annis), the late-40s estranged wife of Richard Crane (Michael Kitchen), a prominent doctor and administrator in the hospital where Owen works. No ordinary medical soap opera, Reckless was a comedy alternately subtle and unabashed, with a wonderful cast, a crisp and smart script, and a lively direction that made ER look stiff and contrived. This 1998 sequel picks up the saga, with Owen and the newly divorced Anna happily living together in frequently carnal bliss and awaiting an imminent appointment at the altar. Richard, in emotional self-exile in Iceland, crosses glacier and fjord to get back to London in time to throw a wrench (or two or three) in their plans. What ensues is near chaos, dirty tricks, and crossed alliances from sundry family members and friends, which puts a terrible pressure on the couple and their unspoken fears. Smart, sophisticated, and sexy, this fine work doesn't slow down for a minute. --Tom Keogh

Product Description

Following the success of Reckless, comes Reckless, the Sequel, weaving through the complex and emotional decisions that face Owen, Anna and Richard who are involved in this complicated love triangle.

The sequel opens as Anna (Francesca Annis) has divorced Richard (Michael Kitchen), and is now living with Owen (Robson Green). Anna and Owen have made an impetuous decision to marry--at the end of the week. The idea is to have the ceremony while Richard is out of the country, but he hears of their plans and flies back to England. Still in love with Anna, he is determined to save her from what he sees as a potentially disastrous marriage.

As Richard and family members arrive, there are many emotional issues and confrontations to deal with. Will Anna make her own decision to go ahead, change her life and marry Owen? Is marriage the best decision for Anna to make--after all, it is for life^E

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you've ever dreamed about being swept off your feet ..., February 27, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Reckless: The Sequel [VHS] (VHS Tape)

For a thinking (and older) woman, this is IT. It's a hilarious plot based on a very sound and subtle understanding of the choices you may have made at times in your life when you didn't have the confidence to ask yourself, "What is it that really makes me happy?" -- and what it takes to come back to those choices. The show is brilliantly and meticulously cast, from the principals to the minor roles. There are some shows that make you feel like you actually "lived" them -- that you got into one of the lives in the show and actually felt the emotions the characters are working though -- this is one of them.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is the best show!, January 10, 2001

By	Jennifre (Chicago`, IL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Reckless: The Sequel [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I saw the original Reckless Masterpiece Theatre, and it's fabulous! This one also is great. Who could resist the leading man, and the humor is hysterical. Smarty pants remarks abound. Buy it! Watch it!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars worth repeating, May 30, 2009

By	overbooked (SF Bay Area, CA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Reckless - The Sequel [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I re-watch Reckless and the sequel at least once per year. A really well-done little story! And a fun romance as well.