Von Trapped

2003, 50 minutes, Rated M

Von Trapped! By Jonathan Harvey (Beautiful Thing, Gimme Gimme Gimme) stars Caroline Quentin (Jonathan Creek, Men Behaving Badly) as Maria Moogan, a mobile hairdresser from Yorkshire, who is obsessed with The Sound of Music having watched it the night she was jilted at the altar, pregnant and emotionally wrought. Now 18 years later she lives with her man-hating mother Kath (Una Stubbs - Til Death Us Do Part, In Sickness and in Health) and only child Lee, a moody teenager with all sorts of hormonal problems.

When Maria's best friend Connie wins the lottery, she gives Maria £10,000 of her winnings with the stipulation that she must go to Salzburg to get The Sound of Music out of her system. While there, she bumps into Lee's father, now a successful but unhappy TV presenter. What results is a surprising, magical process of release and understanding that puts The Sound of Music to shame.