TV series

Any Human Heart

Name: Any Human Heart
Released: 2010
Cast: Jim Broadbent, Matthew Macfadyen, Sam Claflin, Gillian Anderson, Stuart McQuarrie

2010· 1 season· 105 min episodes★ 6.4Ended

On Channel 4

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Synopsis

Logan Mountstuart, writer and adventurer, narrates his life, from the Paris of the twenties to the eighties in London, passing through the New York of the fifties.

Themes

based on novel or book miniseries writer period drama mature

Episodes

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E1 Episode 1Next upNov 20, 2010 · 105 min
Synopsis
Logan Mountstuart is a student at Oxford in the 1920s, aspiring to become a great novelist but even more desperate to lose his virginity. Seemingly trapped by a promise to his dying father to join the family corned beef company, a chance encounter with Ernest Hemingway re-ignites his literary passion. But when true love really does hit him, how will Logan cope when faced with the fact that life is random and uncontrollable?
Guest stars: Tobias Menzies (Ian Fleming), Freddie Fox (Peter Scabius (Young)), Holliday Grainger (Tess Scabius)
E2 Episode 2Nov 28, 2010 · 105 min
Synopsis
Working as a journalist during the Spanish Civil War, Logan confides in Hemingway, knowing he must make decisions about Freya and Lottie. With the outbreak of WWII, Logan is recruited as a British Agent by Ian Fleming. Foreign assignments lead to encounters with the formidable Duke and Duchess of Windsor. Although the world is in turmoil, Logan's domestic life is bliss. Freya and Stella, their daughter, are thriving and it seems at last that Logan understands the meaning of true love.
Guest stars: Sam Heughan (Lieutenant McStay), Tobias Menzies (Ian Fleming), Alice Henley (Sally Watson), Tim Woodward (Admiral Godfrey), Holliday Grainger (Tess Scabius)
E3 Episode 3Dec 5, 2010 · 105 min
Synopsis
Following some personal tragedy, Logan appears to have moved on and found success and happiness in the art world of New York. But a family death brings him back to London where he meets Peter's third wife Gloria, and attempts to come to terms with his loss.
Guest stars: Hugh Skinner (Lionel Mounstuart), Esmé Bianco (Betty)
E4 Episode 4Dec 12, 2010 · 105 min
Synopsis
Logan emerges from his coma, but is upset to hear of Ben's death. After being discharged from hospital, he returns to his old flat in London, where he struggles to make ends meet. In a bid to make the most of his life, he becomes involved with an anti-fascist organisation - only to discover his new friends have sinister plans. Drama, starring Jim Broadbent, Matthew Macfadyen and Julian Rhind-Tutt.
Guest stars: Rosie Cavaliero (Matron), Hugh Skinner (Lionel Mounstuart), Freddie Fox (Peter Scabius (Young)), Kathryn Drysdale (Brownwell)