Couples
- Radio sitcom
- BBC Radio 4
- 2015 - 2016
- 4 episodes (1 series)
Semi-improvised comedy in which Julia Davis and Marc Wootton play various couples. Also features Vicki Pepperdine.
Press clippings
BBC Radio 4 confirms 35 comedy commissions
Radio 4 has revealed details of 35 separate comedy commissions, ranging from returning shows to new series, previous pilots and brand new stand-up.
British Comedy Guide, 17th August 201714 comedy shows up for BBC Audio Awards 2017
The shortlists for the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2017 has been revealed, with 14 comedies in the running across the Best Scripted Comedy and Best Comedy with a Live Audience categories.
British Comedy Guide, 22nd November 2016This Radio 4 comedy stretches the character-creating skills of Julia Davis and Mark Wootton to their limits, with the pair playing six different couples attending therapy sessions, trying to process problems ranging from "small mouths" to "sexy bread". Reminiscent of Davis's much-loved series Human Remains, Couples oozes eccentricity and playful innuendo.
The Guardian, 4th April 2015Couples review - a parade of hysterical eccentrics
Surreal and disturbed meets goading and diabolical as Julia Davis and Marc Wootton play a series of couples in therapy.
Priya Elan, The Guardian, 26th March 2015