Truly, Madly, Deeply got its first television showing on 1 March 1992. The film was written and directed by Anthony Minghella, starring Juliet Stevenson and Alan Rickman. Minghella wrote the part of Nina for Stevenson. Rickman was very happy to play a role which was different from the cinema villains that had made him famous. The film – made by ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Films – had already been a success in the cinema and won Evening Standard awards for Stevenson, Rickman and Minghella.
The Radio Times made light of the plot; "Nina is a young woman unable to cope with the death of her lover Jamie. One day she misses him so much that he comes back!" Truly, Madly, Deeply has romance at its heart and many comic moments, but is much more than a romantic comedy. The film features a harrowing depiction of grief – in intensely moving scenes with Stevenson. A fine supporting cast include Bill Paterson, David Ryall and Michael Maloney - who plays potential new boyfriend Mark.
Stevenson has said that Nina in Truly, Madly, Deeply is her favourite role. Her range can be seen in contrasting ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ dramas The Village and Atlantis. Minghella went on to win an Oscar with The English Patient. He returned to the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ with The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency, shortly before his death in 2008. Rickman died in 2016, but his varied career included a return to the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ in 2010 for The Song of Lunch.
March anniversaries
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              ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Producer Guidelines published1 March 1989
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              Truly Madly Deeply1 March 1992
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              Launch of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four2 March 2002
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              Housewives' Choice4 March 1946
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              Round the Horne7 March 1965
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              Pennies From Heaven7 March 1978
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              The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy8 March 1978
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              French and Saunders9 March 1987
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              The Frost Report10 March 1966
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              World Service Television News11 March 1991
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              First broadcast by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Dance Orchestra12 March 1928
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              Launch of the Latin American Service14 March 1938
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              I’d Do Anything15 March 2008
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              This Life18 March 1996
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              First televised Budget speech20 March 1990
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              Up Pompeii23 March 1970
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              Letter From America24 March 1946
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              Newswipe with Charlie Brooker25 March 2009
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              The return of Doctor Who26 March 2005
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              Grand National televised26 March 1960
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              Troubleshooter27 March 1990
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              Opening of new Crystal Palace transmitter28 March 1956
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              Going for a Song31 March 1965
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              Teletubbies begins31 March 1997
