| Dirty Filthy Love | |
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| Written by | Jeff Pope Ian Puleston-Davies |
| Directed by | Adrian Shergold |
| Starring | Michael Sheen Shirley Henderson Anastasia Griffith Adrian Bower Claudie Blakley |
| Theme music composer | Martin Phipps |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
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| Producers | Granada Television Christine Langan |
| Running time | 93 minutes [1] |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | 26 September 2004 |
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Dirty Filthy Love is a British single television drama starring Michael Sheen as an architect living with obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) and Tourette syndrome.
Directed by Adrian Shergold, the film was first broadcast by ITV on 26 September 2004. It was written by Jeff Pope and Ian Puleston-Davies, who suffers from OCD himself. In addition to Michael Sheen, the cast features Shirley Henderson, Anastasia Griffith, Adrian Bower and Claudie Blakley.
Sheen's performance was recognised with a Best Actor nomination at the 2005 British Academy Television Awards and both he and Henderson were nominees for 2005 Royal Television Society Awards. Dirty Filthy Love won the Best Single Drama category at the RTS Awards. It was released on DVD in the United States in 2005 by Hart Sharp Video in association with The Sundance Channel.