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Joking Apart
Joking Apart is a BBC television sitcom written by Steven Moffat about the rise and fall of a relationship. It juxtaposes a couple, Mark and Becky, who fall in love and marry, before getting separated and finally divorced. The twelve episodes, broadcast between 1993 and 1995, were directed by Bob Spiers and produced by Andre Ptaszynski for independent production company Pola Jones. The show is semi-autobiographical; it was inspired by the then recent separation of Moffat and his first wife. Some of the episodes in the first series followed a non-linear parallel structure, contrasting the rise of the relationship with the fall. Other episodes were ensemble farces, predominantly including the couple's friends Robert and Tracy. Paul Mark Elliott also appeared as Trevor, Becky's lover.
Seasons
- Series 1 — 6 episodes (January 7, 1993)
- Series 2 — 6 episodes (January 3, 1995)
Cast
- Robert Bathurst as Mark Taylor
- Fiona Gillies as Becky Johnson
- Tracie Bennett as Tracy Glazebrook
- Paul Raffield as Robert Glazebrook
Details
- Created by
- Steven Moffat
- First aired
- January 7, 1993
- Episodes
- 12
- Genres
- Comedy
- Network
- BBC Two
- Status
- Ended
- TMDB score
- 7.0 / 10 from 4 votes
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