- Title: Love Talk Dinah's Story: Damaged Love
- Date: 24th October 1991
- Summary: DINAH, AN ATTRACTIVE AND INTELLIGENT PSYCHOLOGY STUDENT WAS RAPED AS A TEENAGER. THIS AND OTHER TRAUMAS HAVE LEFT HER EMOTIONALLY SCARRED AND AGORAPHOBIC. WHILE SHE IS NOW COMING TO TERMS WITH HER PROBLEMS, SHE NEEDS SPECIAL CARE AND ATTENTION IN RELATIONSHIPS. SHE TALKS ABOUT HOW MEN HAVE REACTED TO HER BEING OPENLY NEUROTIC AND HOW SHE AND HER BOYFRIEND MANAGE TO BALANCE THEIR OWN NEEDS WITHIN THEIR RELATIONSHIP NOW THAT HE IS COMING TO LIVE WITH HER. IN THE STUDIO, DINA H AND HER PARTNER ORSON, TALK ABOUT HOW TO BALANCE THEIR RESPECTIVE NEEDS IN A RELATIONSHIP WHERE ONE PARTNER HAS EXPERIENCED DAMAGE IN THEIR PAST. WITH TWO OF HER STUDIO GUESTS WHO HAVE HAD SIMILARLY TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCES, THEY TALK ABOUT HOW TO FIND AND MAINTAIN 'HEALTHY' RELATIONSHIPS, WHERE A BALANCE BETWEEN INDEPE NDENCE AND DEPENDENCE IS ACHIEVED.
- Description:LOVE TALK,THE SUCCESSOR TO SEX TALK,IS A BRAND NEW SERIES EXAMINING LOVE DILEMMAS IN THE 90'S. EACH PROGRAMME STARTS WITH AN INDIVIDUAL'S OR COUPLE'S TRUE LOVE STORY. THIS PROG MAY NOT BE TX'D WITHOUT PRIOR CONSULTATION WITH THE LEGAL DEPT. NO RESALE WITHOUT CONSULTATION.
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Entertainment
- Producer:Stephens Kerr Ltd.
- Programme Episode:Episode 5
- Transmission Date:24/10/1991
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1990s