Mutual Friends. Image shows from L to R: Jen Grantham (Keeley Hawes), Martin Grantham (Marc Warren), Patrick Turner (Alexander Armstrong), Liz (Sarah Alexander). Copyright: Hat Trick Productions
Mutual Friends

Mutual Friends

  • TV comedy drama
  • BBC One
  • 2008
  • 6 episodes (1 series)

Comedy drama which followed the trials and tribulations and entangled lives of a group of old friends. Marc Warren and Alexander Armstrong starred. Stars Marc Warren, Keeley Hawes, Alexander Armstrong, Alistair Petrie, Rhashan Stone and more.

Key details

Genre
Comedy Drama
Broadcast
2008
Channel
BBC One
Episodes
6 (1 series)
Stars
Marc Warren, Keeley Hawes, Alexander Armstrong, Alistair Petrie, Rhashan Stone, Naomi Bentley, Sarah Alexander, Claire Rushbrook and more
Writers
Anil Gupta and Richard Pinto
Directors
Catherine Morshead and Jim O'Hanlon
Producers
Rob Bullock, Sarah Brandist, Simon Wilson and Mark Redhead
Company

Martin has two best friends, Patrick and Carl, who couldn't be more different. One is an irresponsible, unreliable, feckless womaniser, and the other is dead. Guess which one slept with his wife?

Martin Grantham is happily married to Jen. They have a son Dan, a nice house, the works. One day his best friend Carl throws himself under a train, setting off a disastrous sequence of events that will change Martin's life forever...

Into this mess steps Patrick, a friend from way back. Patrick is everything Martin is not - glib, self-confident, popular and pathologically immature. He's the last person Martin needs in his life right now. Or is he?

The series explores issues such as death, adultery, marriage, divorce, parenthood and even breaking and entering but, with friends like these, who needs enemies?

Additional details

Production
Studio
Picture
Colour

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Broadcast details

First broadcast
Tuesday 26th August 2008 at 9pm on BBC One