With her blonde hair, flawless skin and luminescent blue eyes, Amanda Redman is every inch the glamorous actress. At 44, her career is on a high and she can take her pick of the best roles on offer.

Amanda Redman's father died in 1980, when Amanda was in her mid-teens. Until this family history project emboldened her, she had never felt able to ask her mother about her family's past.

Their eyes met, in time-honoured fashion, across a crowded room. Amanda Redman, overtly sexy in a clingy designer dress, knew instantly that she 'had to have him'. Her prey, Damian Schnabel ...