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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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Series 1, Episode 6
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Further details
Murray visits Bex at her sister's, but it's awkward so Bex makes her excuses and leaves. While Murray is alone in the flat he finds a positive pregnancy test.
Back at the office the company is thrown into a potential fraud crisis, so Murray hunts down Curtis - and finds him in a compromising position.
After his discovery, Murray is more determined than ever to win Bex back, though it quickly transpires that all is not as it seems, and Murray finds himself in an extremely awkward situation with Bex's entire family.
Murray is devastated when Bex reveals she's accepted the job in Birmingham. Later, as Bex is about to leave, Murray decides to make one last romantic gesture. But is it enough for Murray to get his wife back?
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 23rd May 2016
- Time
- 9:30pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
Ben Miller | Murray |
Caroline Catz | Bex |
Peter Wight | Don |
Jan Francis | Paula |
Cariad Lloyd | Keeley |
Kenneth Collard | Grant |
Susannah Fielding | Emma |
Stewart Wright | Curtis |
Kate Miles | Tamzin |
Abigail Thaw | Abby |
Priyanga Burford | Nareesha |
Javone Prince | Zak (Keeley's boyfriend) |
Hayley Jayne Standing | Lesley |
Frog Stone | Sonia |
Mark Bussell | Writer |
Justin Sbresni | Writer |
Gwen Gorst | Script Editor |
Paul Norton Walker | Director |
Mark Bussell | Producer |
Justin Sbresni | Producer |
Sally Haynes | Executive Producer |
Laura Mackie | Executive Producer |
Guy De Glanville | Co-producer |
Adam Windmill | Editor |
Jo Sutherland | Production Designer |
Craig Feather | Director of Photography |
Grant Olding | Composer |
Press
I Want My Wife Back will need to do better
In the end, though, this was a comedy that was mainly stuck in neutral. It would really need to shift up a gear or three to make me want to watch a second series.
Gerard O'Donovan, The Telegraph, 23rd May 2016