Coupling
- TV sitcom
- BBC Two / BBC Three
- 2000 - 2004
- 28 episodes (4 series)
The trials and tribulations of six thirtysomethings struggling with life in general, but above all, relationships. Stars Jack Davenport, Gina Bellman, Sarah Alexander, Kate Isitt, Ben Miles and more.
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Series 3, Episode 1 - Split
Further details
The action begins where it left off at the end of Series 2 - Steve and Susan have had an argument about their future, and Susan storms out of Steve's flat in tears. The screen splits into two and we follow what happens to both Steve and Susan simultaneously.
While Steve tries repeatedly to ring Susan, his courage failing ever time, the girls are locked in a debate over the merits of 1471, and what it means if the phone "chirps". Eventually the tension at both ends of the phone gets too much. The boys and the girls set out for "the Temple of Woman": in the girls' case, a beauty salon; in the boys' case, a lap dancing club.
Steve gets hideously drunk, and phones Susan as soon as he gets home, pleading that she come back to him. She does just that.
Notes
This episode is presented in split-screen.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 23rd September 2002
- Time
- 9:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Jack Davenport | Steve |
| Gina Bellman | Jane |
| Sarah Alexander | Susan |
| Kate Isitt | Sally |
| Ben Miles | Patrick |
| Richard Coyle | Jeff |
| Hannah Waddingham | Jenny Turbot |
| Mariella Frostrup | Self |
| Steven Moffat | Writer |
| Martin Dennis | Director |
| Sue Vertue | Producer |
| Beryl Vertue | Executive Producer |
| Sophie Clarke-Jervoise | Executive Producer |
| Mykola Pawluk | Editor |
| Andrew Howe-Davies | Production Designer |
| Simon Brint | Composer |
| Simon Wallace | Composer |