Lady Chatterley's Lover (2015 film) Norton"), until he is severely wounded serving in the First World War. Confined to a wheelchair and impotent, Clifford becomes more distant, and Constance finds comfort in the company of the estate’s brooding, lonely gamekeeper, Oliver Mellors ("Richard Madden"). In the Britain of the 1920s, the social divide between the upper class and their servants was unbreakable: an affair between a lady and a working man would scandalise society and ostracise them both. Lady Chatterley must choose between propriety and love, while Mellors risks his safety, as they both strive to evade the growing suspicions of her jealous and vengeful
James Hawes on the "Lady Chatterley's Lover" obscenity trial of 1960, "The Chatterley Affair". This one-off drama for digital television channel BBC Four features "Doctor Who" star David Tennant as Richard Hoggart. It was one of the first of what would become an extremely successful run for single dramas on British television, often bringing big screen stars to individual and authored projects. "The Chatterley Affair" also won Best Single Drama in the same BAFTA awards as the Doctor Who success. Hawes was also announced in late 2005 as the producer and lead director of the forthcoming "Doctor Who" spin-off series "Torchwood" —