''Loving You'' (also known as ''The Rainbow Room'') is a British television

crime drama Crime film is a film belonging to the crime fiction genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and fiction. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as Drama (film and television), dr ...

film, based upon the novel ''Trust'' by Margaret Leroy, first broadcast on ITV on 24 February 2003. The film was adapted from the novel by writer Matthew Hall and was directed by Jean Stewart. The film stars

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as Chloe, a divorced schoolteacher who falls in love with educational psychologist Dan (

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), only to be left heartbroken when the police arrest Dan on suspicion of sexually abusing a six-year-old that he has been assessing. Chloe is forced to confront the possibility that Dan may have also sexually abused her two daughters, Alice (

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) and Lucy (Maisie Preston). Additional cast members for the film include Keith Allen, who plays Chloe's ex-husband Adam, and

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and

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, who play the officers investigating Dan, DS Vicky Griggs and DC Colin Morris. The film was broadcast in

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in July 2004, and in

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under the title ''Verdade Sob Suspeita''. Margaret Leroy praised Matthew Hall's adaptation, writing; "I was delighted when

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bought the television rights to ''Trust''. During filming I spent a day on set. It was fascinating to see how my story had grown from a tiny seed of an idea into this project involving so many people - and it was quite a thrill to walk round the set and see the rooms of Chloe's house exactly as I'd imagined them." The film attracted an audience of 7.41 million viewers in the 9:00pm slot. Notably, the film has never been repeated, nor released on DVD.

Cast

as Chloe *

as Dan *

Marianne Jean-Baptiste Marianne Raigipcien Jean-Baptiste (born 26 April 1967) is an English actress. She is known for her role in Mike Leigh's drama film ''Secrets & Lies (film), Secrets & Lies'' (1996), for which she received acclaim and earned nominations for the A ...

as Jude * Keith Allen as Adam *

as DS Vicky Griggs *

as DC Colin Morris *

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as Felix Fisher * Jennifer Hennessy as Mrs. Smithson * Alan McKenna as John *

as Alice * Maisie Preston as Lucy * Jean Marie Coffey as Sue * Ashley Clish as Jessica * Lauren Reid as Charlene * Emily May Sissons as Carly *

Steven Webb Steven Michael Webb (born 8 November 1984 in Wirral, Merseyside, England) is an English actor in theatre, television and film.

as Justin * Polly Kemp as Social Worker *

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as Prosecutor *

Jerome Willis Jerome Barry Willis (23 October 1928 – 11 January 2014) was a British stage and screen actor, with a strong reputation for Shakespearean roles in the theatre. Willis had a leading role in the ITV Network, ITV drama series ''The Sandbaggers'' ...

as Magistrate

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*{{IMDb title, id=0312924, title=Loving You 2003 films 2003 television films 2000s British films 2000s English-language films British crime films British television films Films scored by Nicholas Hooper Films shot in the United Kingdom ITV television dramas Television series by ITV Studios Television shows produced by Granada Television