Series 1 (2007)
For the first time in their marriage - Matt and Elizabeth now have to spend their days together at home - two freelancers seeking work.
Things look as if they might improve when Elizabeth is offered an exciting new art-house movie, and Matt discovers an "astro-cool" new sci-fi writer. Okay, so Elizabeth might have to perform one or two sexually explicit scenes in her movie, and Matt might not totally understand what his writer's novel is actually about, but they just need to keep their cool and stick together.
Luckily, Elizabeth's agent, Leon Blakely, is one of the most powerful men in the business and capable of bullying anyone into anything. Perhaps unluckily, Elizabeth and Matt are also Leon's best friends, a situation that should help Elizabeth's cause though frequently doesn't.
All three are desperate to cling on to their credibility - as well as each other - while discovering the hard way how cold life can be when you're no longer considered "hot".
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Matt and Elizabeth continue battling to stay afloat in the fickle world of showbiz. Matt attempts to woo the latest overpaid TV historian, Bamber Jones, in the hope of editing his new book. To Elizabeth's horror, Matt invites Bamber, a renowned food snob, to dinner, claiming that she's the best chef in East Chiswick. To add to the pressure of the evening, Leon, who's moved in with the couple while he figures out how to get rid of a violent stalker, decides to gatecrash the Bamber dinner with a potential new client, the latest teenage It Girl, Alison Fennel.
Matt rushes to brush up on his American history ready for the big night and Elizabeth frantically struggles to perfect her pasta malfatti, but will it be enough to impress the great Bamber Jones?
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Leon manages to get Elizabeth an insultingly small role as a servant in a costume drama - it's the final straw for Elizabeth, and she decides to move agents. Having made the decision however, it's an entirely different matter breaking the news to the volatile Leon.
Matt, meanwhile, sneaks off to meet his ex-girlfriend, Heidi Webster. Heidi has written an ultra-violent, torture-porn, endurance-horror novel and Matt's old boss, Stephen, has convinced Matt to sign her. Her novel, Stephen insists, is far from being, as Matt believes, a pile of rubbish; it's got potential to be the next big thing. But what will Elizabeth say when she finds out Matt's been colluding with his ex?
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