About this title

Storyline

Charming Brendan Block dates Miranda Cotton and gets seriously committed. But she dumps him, claiming he invaded her privacy. A few weeks later, Brendan gets engaged to Miranda's sister and is welcomed as ideal son-in-law by everyone else. From then on, nasty things keep happening to her loved ones.

Country: United Kingdom

Type: scripted

Status: Ended

Language: English

Release Date: December 12, 2005

Also Known As: Тайная улыбка, Secret SmileSourire en coin, Secret smile, Un extraño en nuestras vidas, Der Feind in meinem Haus |  See more »

Genres

Plot Keywords

rape
tv mini series
dead body in a bathtub
female police officer
diary
estranged sister
faked death
passport
death of parents
house fire
back massage
massage
sociopath
ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship
spurned lover
spurned male
masseuse
internet research
newspaper headline
murder disguised as accident
suicide by jumping
life sentence
prison sentence
building contractor
best friend
mother daughter relationship
father daughter relationship
murder of wife
death of wife
husband wife relationship
family relationships
nurse
blood spatter
syringe
visiting a grave
cemetery
dna
restraining order
police arrest
police officer
planting evidence
forensic evidence
framed for murder
guilty verdict
blood stain
door key
stalking
assumed identity
impersonation
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airport
bloody bathtub
death of brother
title based on song
female protagonist
two word title
drinking
breakup
teenage boy
keys
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newspaper clipping
drink thrown into someone's face
slapped in the face
dead body
blonde
moaning
female topless nudity
dead woman
fatal attraction
bath
shower
courtroom
architect
insanity
restaurant
loss of brother
sister sister relationship
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male female relationship
police
drugged drink
england
australia
blood
apartment
obsession
argument
engagement
broken engagement
funeral
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verbal abuse
ice skating
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mind game
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crime of passion
fling
sex
dinner
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bare chested male
bed
nudity
female frontal nudity
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sexual abuse
threat
pub
drowning
drowning in a bathtub
attack
death of friend
based on novel
surprise ending
british

Company Credits

Production Co: Canada TV, Granada Drama

Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

2005 | 3 Episodes

Awards

Awards & Nominations

Broadcasting Press Guild Award 2006

Nominee

Broadcasting Press Guild Award

Best Actor

Edgar 2007

Nominee

Edgar

Best Television Feature/Mini-Series Teleplay

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