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Running from 1998-2003, before being revived for a further four seasons from 2016-2020, this BAFTA-winning show is created by UK screenwriter Mike Bullen. Featuring talented British actors Helen Baxendale, John Thomson, Fay Ripley, Robert Bathurst, Hermione Norris and Northern Ireland’s James Nesbitt, this is warm, comforting and smart television. Produced by London-based Granada Television and Big Talk Productions.

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Set in Manchester, follow the lives of three couples in their thirties - Adam (James Nesbitt) and Rachel (Helen Baxendale), Pete (John Thomson) and Jenny (Fay Ripley), and David (Robert Bathurst) and Karen (Hermione Norris) - as they navigate love, romance, life and relationships.