Coupling

2000–2004 · Comedy · 4 seasons · ★ 7.9

Ended

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Synopsis of Coupling

Six friends in their thirties live in London, and their love lives drive the series. Steve and Susan are a couple, and orbiting around them are their best friends and their most recent exes, including Patrick, Sally, Oliver and Jane. Dates, hookups and misadventures of these celebrities shape the day-to-day of this comedy, which follows how each of them searches for their place in love and the choices they make in their romantic lives. What sets it apart is its storytelling: the three women and three men often recount the same events separately, but describe them in completely different terms. Steven Moffat created this British sitcom, which aired on BBC Two and starred Jack Davenport and Gina Bellman.

«The naughty new comedy about nothing...but SEX!»

4seasons

28episodes

30 minper episode

7.9audience scoreTMDB · 362 votes

8.5IMDb rating50,531 votes

Seasons of Coupling

Season 12000 · 6 ep. · ★ 7.5

Season 22001 · 9 ep. · ★ 6.6

Season 32002 · 7 ep. · ★ 7.8

Season 42004 · 6 ep. · ★ 7.2

Cast by Coupling

Jack DavenportSteve Taylor28 episodes

Gina BellmanJane Christie28 episodes

Sarah AlexanderSusan Walker28 episodes

Kate IsittSally Harper28 episodes

Ben MilesPatrick Maitland28 episodes

Richard CoyleJeff Murdoch22 episodes

Richard MylanOliver Morris6 episodes

Lou GishJulia5 episodes

Mariella FrostrupMariella3 episodes

Lloyd OwenJames3 episodes

Olivia CaffreyTamsin3 episodes

Adam AstillBarman2 episodes

Emilia FoxWilma2 episodes

Elizabeth MarmurJill2 episodes

Michael PriceBarman2 episodes

Amanda AbbingtonNicola2 episodes

Emma PiersonJenniferEpisode 1

Sue KelvinMadgeEpisode 1

Raji JamesWaiterEpisode 1

Alison KingChrissieEpisode 1

Nigel HarmanPizza ManEpisode 1

Mathew BoseBillEpisode 1

Angus DeaytonAngusEpisode 1

Wanda VenthamEdnaEpisode 1

William Scott-MassonHowardEpisode 1

Katharine PageAgathaEpisode 1

Gwenllian DaviesAunt MurielEpisode 1

Brian ShelleyVicarEpisode 1

Simon BatesoMichaelEpisode 1

Jeremy PetersUndertakerEpisode 1

Mary MottureLady at Funeral (uncredited)Episode 1

Dana WalshLady at Funeral (uncredited)Episode 1

Anat DychtwaldThe GirlEpisode 1

Ruth LassAliceEpisode 1

Sarah JosephGirl at BarEpisode 1

Alaistair SoutheyBarmanEpisode 1

Paul MoodyDavidEpisode 1

Simon ChadwickLiamEpisode 1

James WoolleyRobertEpisode 1

Imogen BainWoman on TrainEpisode 1

Technical Details

Created by: Steven Moffat
Address: Martin Dennis
Writing: Steven Moffat
Production: Sue Vertue
Executive Producer: Beryl Vertue, Geoffrey Perkins, Sophie Clarke-Jervoise
Production companies: Hartswood Films, BBC Studios
Network or Platform: BBC Two
Country: United Kingdom, United States
Original Language: English
Premiere: May 12, 2000
Last Episode: June 14, 2004 (4x06)
Status: Ended
Type: Fiction
Awards: 2 awards and 2 nominations in total.
Links: IMDb · TMDB · Official Website

Trivia about Coupling

Moffat drew inspiration from his relationship with producer Sue Vertue, to the point that both of them lent their names to two of the characters.

NBC's American version premiered on September 25, 2003 and was pulled after airing four episodes, with six of the thirteen filmed episodes never aired.

Despite some criticism, all of the laughter on Coupling came from a live studio audience, although it was sometimes enhanced in editing.

Rehearsals took place in a parish hall on Kensington High Street, because British comedies could rarely afford a studio set for the entire production.

A nearby Thai restaurant complained that the filming was hurting its business, so from the second season on, the exterior scenes were shot on a street next to Tottenham Court Road.

Mari Wilson performed "Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps" for the show's opening and closing credits.

Richard Coyle left the series before the fourth season, fearing he would be typecast as Jeff. The BBC approved a fifth season, but the creative team decided not to continue.

"Coupling" won the Silver Rose for Best British Comedy at the 2001 Rose d'Or festival and took the Best TV Comedy award at the 2003 British Comedy Awards.

Sources: Wikipedia (English)