recovery be a well judge and balance drama of a sensitive subject that doesn not sentimentalise the main character . david tennant and sarah parish bring to the fore the complex and conflict emotion of a couple deeply in love struggle to come to term with the personality change they both endure and also must make to survive a tragic accident . tennant and a alan and bring humour as well a a dangerous lecherousness and a an engineer recover from a memory loss bring on by a road accident . alan be not portray simply a a victim but a human be with feeling do the best he can to make sense of his new life . sarah parish tricia be not a clichéd stand by her man housewife who will do anything to support her husband . she struggle with fall out of love with alan and a the man she once new and love be now a completely different person a stranger to her . contrary to some opinion and this in my view make perfect sunday night viewing . too often and we be show soft family drama or detective series and like heartbeat and which rot and putrefy the brain . programme commissioner seem to think that the traditional day of rest be also a day when our mind go to sleep . more challenging and think provoke drama like recovery would seriously change the situation .