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I Want My Wife Back. Image shows from L to R: Murray (Ben Miller), Bex (Caroline Catz). Copyright: Busby Productions / Mainstreet Pictures
I Want My Wife Back

I Want My Wife Back

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC One
  • 2016
  • 6 episodes (1 series)

Sitcom starring Ben Miller as a man who is bewildered and lost when his wife suddenly leaves him, and his quest to discover what went wrong. Stars Ben Miller, Caroline Catz, Peter Wight, Jan Francis, Cariad Lloyd and more.

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Character guide

I Want My Wife Back. Murray (Ben Miller). Copyright: Busby Productions / Mainstreet Pictures

Murray

Played by: Ben Miller

Murray works in a banking company. He works there pretty much every hour of the day... which is why his wife is now making moves to leave him. Can he win her back?

I Want My Wife Back. Bex (Caroline Catz). Copyright: Busby Productions / Mainstreet Pictures

Bex

Played by: Caroline Catz

Bex has been married to Murray for 12 years... but now she is making moves to leave him, as he is never around any more and she worries the love is gone from their relationship.

I Want My Wife Back. Don (Peter Wight). Copyright: Busby Productions / Mainstreet Pictures

Don

Played by: Peter Wight

Don is Bex's father. He thinks the world of Murray, and calls him "the son-in-law of my dreams." He has also labelled Murray as the best thing that has ever happened to his daugher. Don is struggling to cope with the idea that Murray and Bex might be splitting up.

I Want My Wife Back. Paula (Jan Francis). Copyright: Busby Productions / Mainstreet Pictures

Paula

Played by: Jan Francis

Paula is Bex's mother. She has been happily married to Don for a long time now.

I Want My Wife Back. Keeley (Cariad Lloyd). Copyright: Busby Productions / Mainstreet Pictures

Keeley

Played by: Cariad Lloyd

Keeley is Bex's sister. She is younger and more insecure and not particularly comfortable being mixed up in the break-up dramas.

I Want My Wife Back. Grant (Kenneth Collard). Copyright: Busby Productions / Mainstreet Pictures

Grant

Played by: Kenneth Collard

Grant is Murray's slacker friend. He's quite lazy, and still lives at home with his mum. His idea of supporting Murray is to tell him to bottle up his feelings and not talk about it.

I Want My Wife Back. Emma (Susannah Fielding). Copyright: Busby Productions / Mainstreet Pictures

Emma

Young and pretty Emma works with Murray. She is infactuated with him and hopes that now his marriage is on the rocks she could become his new wife. However, unluckily for her, Murray isn't interested.

I Want My Wife Back. Curtis (Stewart Wright). Copyright: Busby Productions / Mainstreet Pictures

Curtis

Played by: Stewart Wright

Curtis is Murray's manager at the bank. He is having an affair, and Murray often reluctantly finds himself covering from his boss, in terms of giving him alibis.

I Want My Wife Back. Tamzin (Kate Miles). Copyright: Busby Productions / Mainstreet Pictures

Tamzin

Played by: Kate Miles

Tamzin is the wife of Curtis. She has started to suspect he might be seeing another woman behind her back, but is not yet totally sure if her hunch is right.

I Want My Wife Back. Abby (Abigail Thaw). Copyright: Busby Productions / Mainstreet Pictures

Abby

Played by: Abigail Thaw

Abby is Bex's friend and work colleague. Bex moves into Abby's house when she splits from Murray. However, Abby has very strict rules about cleanliness, meaning she is not the easiest of people to live with. Also, Abby is perhaps a little biased when it comes to discussing the split - having divorced from her husband, she is strongly of the belief Bex is better off without Murray.

I Want My Wife Back. Nareesha (Priyanga Burford). Copyright: Busby Productions / Mainstreet Pictures

Nareesha

Played by: Priyanga Burford

Nareesha is one of the employees that Murray must manage at work. She is constantly bugging him about her apprasial but, despite him saying his door is always open to her, Murray has yet to answer any of her questions.

I Want My Wife Back. Julian Wolverton (James Lance). Copyright: Busby Productions / Mainstreet Pictures

Julian Wolverton (Series )

Played by: James Lance

Local businessman Julian Wolverton is clearly interested in Bex. Will he win a date with her, or will Murray manage to convince his wife to return before that happens?

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