Produced by Granada Television for the ITV network, it aired in six parts in the UK from 6 February to 13 March 1997.
Dr Owen Springer is a surgeon in his thirties, on his way from London to Manchester to move in with his ailing father.
Unbeknownst to Owen, she is also the head of the management consultancy administering his forthcoming personality assessment for a new job at a local Manchester hospital.
To complicate matters further, Owen discovers Anna is also the wife of his new boss at the hospital, Dr Richard Crane.
Adam Sweeting, reviewing for The Guardian, poked fun at the story's implausibilities but called it "a balance of action, character and situation that sparkled with wit and charm".