Sally Takes Centre Stage in BBC’s “Shiny Shiny Bright New Hole In My Heart”

Yes, it seems that Sally’s got a knack in starring in some of the longest titles ever concocted on TV!! In 2005, she gave us “Twenty Thousand Streets Under The Sky.” This year, it’s “Shiny Shiny Bright New Hole In My Heart“!! Ain’t that great? She takes centre-stage this time playing a shopaholic! Yes, “Shiny Shiny…” is a cautionary tale about a wife/mother being addicted to shopping.

This engaging drama was first aired on BBC 2 on 26th July, 2006. Don’t know if BBC will re-air it so keep a look out if you missed it the 1st time around. Find out more below…

By the way, did you know that most of the dialogue in “Shiny Shiny…” was improvised? That makes the whole situation even more realistic, thus more disturbing to watch as Nathalie spirals out of control with her addiction as her condition slowly takes over her state of mind. Sally did an absolutely fantastic job in portraying the feeling of desperation and despair of a person going through an addiction. She hit it right on with the tell-all body language of an addict. It’s scary how realistic it was. This drama makes one look at the crippling effects of addiction…any addiction, doesn’t it? Makes one think twice before getting oneself hooked on something. As we should know, it’s very easy to get hooked but incredibly difficult to stop it, sometimes even fatalistic.

Sally pairs up with Steven Mackintosh in this TV drama. FYI, “Shiny Shiny…” was actually filmed in Manchester in November 2005.