The Fragile Heart

Season

1996

UK

7.8

Oscar® nominee Nigel Hawthorne (The Madness of King George) stars as a renowned surgeon in the midst of a personal and professional crisis in this compelling miniseries.

Episode List

S1 • E1

Episode #1.1

Edgar finds himself at a crossroads when a patient dies in surgery after he talked him out of trying holistic medicine. Meanwhile, his ruthless daughter falsely accuses a colleague of plagiarism.

S1 • E2

Episode #1.2

In China, Edgar is asked to treat a controversial politician accused of organ trafficking while back in England Nicola goes up for a job and Lileth bonds with a dying doctor interested in holistic medicine.

S1 • E3

Episode #1.3

As his health deteriorates, Edgar is deported from China and forced to face his failures as a father and as a husband, his friend's suicide attempt and to experience the medical field from the other perspective - that of a patient.

S1 • E4

Episode #1.4

After being asked to leave China, Edgar tries to fling himself back into his old routine in the UK but is still haunted by his disturbing dream and the disconcerting memory of all he saw in China.