In which ITV comedy drama which ran for five series did James Nesbitt and Helen Baxendale play one of three couples?
"Weddings"" programme. Colin McAllister opined that every woman's heart broke when they married. Rachel Bradley Rachel Louise Bradley is a fictional character portrayed by Helen Baxendale in the British comedy-drama television series ""Cold Feet"". Rachel is introduced in the pilot episode (1997), where she begins a relationship with Adam Williams (James Nesbitt). Their relationship has highs and lows throughout the series; Rachel reveals a secret husband in the first series (1998) and has an abortion in the second (1999), which supposedly prevents her from conceiving a child in the future. She and Adam marry in the third series (2000) and"
"the end of the year it won the award for Best Comedy Drama (ITV) at the British Comedy Awards and the incoming director of channels ordered a full series, which ran for five successful years from 1998 to 2003 followed by a revived series from 2016. Adam Williams (James Nesbitt) breaks up with another in a long line of girlfriends and spends the evening at the pub with his friend Pete Gifford (John Thomson). Pete arrives home late, which annoys his wife Jenny (Fay Ripley), who calculated that night to be the best time for them to conceive a child."
"streaming media on ITV's revamped itv.com website and in April 2008 was made available for purchase on ITV's iTunes Store shop. Pilot (Cold Feet) Cold Feet is a British television pilot directed by Declan Lowney. It stars James Nesbitt and Helen Baxendale as Adam and Rachel, a couple who meet and fall in love, only for the relationship to break down when he gets cold feet. John Thomson, Fay Ripley, Hermione Norris and Robert Bathurst appear in supporting roles. The programme was written by Mike Bullen, a BBC radio producer with little screenwriting experience, who was tasked with creating a"
"Pilot (Cold Feet) Cold Feet is a British television pilot directed by Declan Lowney. It stars James Nesbitt and Helen Baxendale as Adam and Rachel, a couple who meet and fall in love, only for the relationship to break down when he gets cold feet. John Thomson, Fay Ripley, Hermione Norris and Robert Bathurst appear in supporting roles. The programme was written by Mike Bullen, a BBC radio producer with little screenwriting experience, who was tasked with creating a one-off television production that would appeal to middle-class television audiences, who the executive producer Andy Harries believed were underepresented on British"
"get a series. Some critical success came though; writing in ""The Times"" the day after it aired, Matthew Bond called it ""an enjoyable one-off comedy aimed at anybody who's ever been single, married, or had children. With such catholic appeal further heightened by Helen Baxendale heading a talented cast, it showed just what ITV can do when it is trying to win awards, such as the Golden Rose of Montreux."" ""The Sun""s Tim Ewbank echoed Bond's reaction, expressing surprise that a ""fast, funny, convincing"" comedy had appeared on ITV, calling it ""a treat"" and ""sharply observed"", and Baxendale and Nesbitt"
"also separated forming relationships with Mark Cubitt (Sean Pertwee) and Robyn Duff (Lucy Robinson). The original series was executive-produced by Bullen with Granada's head of comedy Andy Harries, and produced by Christine Langan, Spencer Campbell and Emma Benson. 32 episodes were broadcast over the original five series from 15 November 1998 to 16 March 2003. A revival with all of the original cast except Baxendale began airing from 5 September 2016. The revived series introduced Ceallach Spellman as Adam and Rachel's now teenage son Matthew, alongside Karen David as Adam's second wife Angela Zubayr following the death of Rachel, and"
"face"" in a Persil advertisement. At the audition, Nesbitt asked to do the reading with his own accent, believing that Northern Irish characters rarely appeared in contemporary British drama without ""political baggage"". Langan found Nesbitt's approach to be refreshing and he was cast as Adam. Halfway through the casting process, ""Cardiac Arrest"" actress Helen Baxendale became available. BAFTA Scotland award-nominated Baxendale was seen as a coup, though she was hesitant to audition as she believed that she could not do comedy. Harries persuaded her that she was more than qualified, citing her comedic performance in ""Cardiac Arrest"". She was cast"
"Nesbitt, Helen Baxendale, John Thomson, Fay Ripley, Hermione Norris and Robert Bathurst—who had appeared in the pilot. Thomson's character Pete Gifford was written specifically for him after his performance in ""The Perfect Match"" made a positive impression on Christine Langan. Norris originally auditioned for the part of Rachel but was cast as Karen because the role suited her social class. Nesbitt got an audition through a mutual friend of pilot director Declan Lowney, and read the part in his natural accent because he was keen to play a Northern Irish character in a contemporary drama unconnected to The Troubles. Baxendale"
"the BBC sitcom ""Rab C. Nesbitt"", a series based on characters in a ""Naked Video"" sketch. Launched in 1990 and set in Glasgow, the show was a cult hit, and ran for nine years on BBC2. The show was revived for a Christmas special in 2008, two new series in 2010 and 2011, and a New Year special in 2014. Smith has appeared in the BBC dramas ""Two Thousand Acres of Sky"" and ""55 Degrees North"", performed alongside Helena Bonham Carter in the British film ""Women Talking Dirty"", and toured Scotland with her stand-up comedy show. In 2010 she took"
"Robert Nesbitt Robert Nesbitt (11 January 1906 - 3 January 1995) was a theatre director, theatrical producer and impresario, particularly known for staging 25 instances of the Royal Variety Show. Nesbitt was born on 11 January 1906 in London, England. He was the Royal Variety Show's stage director in 1945, 1946, 1958 and 1961; and its producer from 1962 until 1976 and again in 1978. He once rejected an audition by Julie Andrews, but on the grounds of her age (she was only twelve at the time) rather than a deficiency of talent. He appeared as a ""castaway"" on the"
"begun transforming into a version of Mr. Hyde (also played by Nesbitt). Jackman is aided by psychiatric nurse Katherine Reimer, played by Michelle Ryan. Gina Bellman also appears as Claire, Tom's wife. Filming took place at various locations around southern England in late 2006. The series was first transmitted on BBC One in June and July 2007, receiving mainly positive reviews. Doctor Tom Jackman (James Nesbitt), a married father of two, has abandoned his family without explanation to live in a heavily fortified basement flat. He hires psychiatric nurse Katherine Reimer (Michelle Ryan) to help him with his unusual case."
"arrested and the case closed, Jack and Sarah agree to spend some time together, and kiss. In 2003 the novel was adapted into a television film by Clerkenwell Films for the ITV network. It was dramatised by Stuart Hepburn and directed by Sam Miller. Irish actor James Nesbitt played Parlabane, and spoke with his own accent instead of Parlabane's Glaswegian one. The producers had originally wanted Scottish actor Douglas Henshall to play Parlabane, but they were overruled by ITV's commissioners (Henshall had previously played Parlabane in a radio adaptation of the short story ""Bampot Central""). Eddie Marsan, Annette Crosbie, Daniela"
"wanted Scottish actor Douglas Henshall to play Glaswegian Parlabane but ITV executives overruled them and cast Nesbitt. He was given coaching to perfect the accent but it was soon discarded on the advice of both the director and his co-star Daniela Nardini. Also in 2004, he filmed the roles of Ronnie Cunningham in ""Millions"" (Danny Boyle, 2004), and Detective Banner in ""Match Point"" (Woody Allen, 2005). He was considering taking time off from acting and did not really want the role in ""Match Point"". He sent in an audition tape and was accepted for the part. Nesbitt's character appears at"
"the dwarf Bofur in Peter Jackson's ""The Hobbit"" trilogy (2012–2014). Nesbitt has also taken on theatrical roles throughout his career; between 1987 and 1994, he appeared in no less than five major plays, including the musical ""Up on the Roof"", a world tour of ""Hamlet"", and the Troubles drama ""Paddywack"". After a break of eleven years, Nesbitt returned to the stage to make his London West End debut in Owen McCafferty's ""Shoot the Crow"" (2005). James Nesbitt filmography James Nesbitt is an actor from Northern Ireland whose filmography encompasses both television and film roles over a 30-year period. Nesbitt's screen"
"of Ophelia in ""Hamlet"" (the Marovitz Hamlet) along with Henry Ian Cusick. For her 1993 performance in ""Soldiers"" at the Glasgow Citizens Theatre, she was nominated for an Ian Charleson Award (best classical actor under 30). In 2009 Baxendale played Lara in ""Amongst Friends"" alongside Aden Gillett and Emma Cunniffe at Hampstead Theatre. She played Pandora Braithwaite in ""Adrian Mole: the Cappuccino Years"" in 2001 and ""Maggie"" in the multiple award-winning ""Bolse Vita"". She also appeared in ""Saving Nellie"", a physics programme running on Teachers TV. In 2007 to January 2008 she starred in ""Swimming with Sharks"" alongside Christian Slater"
"Secret Smile Secret Smile is a British drama serial in two parts shown by ITV in December 2005. It is set in Acton, London and is based on the Nicci French book of the same name, directed by Christopher Menaul and starring David Tennant, Claire Goose and Kate Ashfield. When Miranda (Kate Ashfield) meets attractive and confident Brendan (David Tennant), a seemingly harmless fling ensues. But her attempt at breaking it off with him leads to a passionate web of lies, deception and death. While attending a friend's birthday party, Miranda Cotton meets the handsome Brendan Block. The two sleep"
"the end of the film and he read only that part of the script, so did not know the full circumstances of the crime Banner investigates. Despite his initial reluctance, Nesbitt enjoyed working with Allen, and complimented him on his directing style. Nesbitt returned to theatre acting in June 2005 when he appeared in David Nicholls' ""After Sun"", a ten-minute-play performed as part of the Old Vic's 24-Hour Play season. Nesbitt and Catherine Tate starred as a married couple who meet a pair of newlyweds returning from their honeymoon. Later that year, he appeared in his first full-length play in"
"dancing together. On 10 November 2005, ""The Guardian's"" Julia Day reported ITV controller of drama, Nick Elliott, had ordered three new adaptations of ""Mansfield Park"", ""Northanger Abbey"" and ""Persuasion"". Elliot commented that the adaptations would be ""important remakes for the new generation"". He explained ""About every 10 years, all the great stories need retelling. These films will be very much 2007 films... we've asked and pushed the production team to make them young. Her stories always make great TV drama and our Jane Austen season will feature the absolute cream of British acting talent."" Elliott revealed that he had deliberately"
"four British Comedy Award nominations (Nesbitt and Thomson for Best TV Comedy Actor, Norris for Best TV Comedy Actress, and the third series for Best TV Comedy Drama) but won the People's Choice Award (a viewer poll). The series also scored an International Emmy Award drama nomination. Series 4 won the BAFTA for Best Drama Series and the National Television Award for Most Popular Comedy Programme. At the British Comedy Awards 2003, Series 5 won Best TV Comedy Drama and Mike Bullen was named Writer of the Year. Four non-fiction tie-in books have been released by Granada Media, an imprint"
"Jekyll (TV series) Jekyll is a British television drama serial produced by Hartswood Films and Stagescreen Productions for BBC One. The series also received funding from BBC America. Steven Moffat wrote all six episodes, with Douglas Mackinnon and Matt Lipsey each directing three episodes. The series is described by its creators as a sequel to the novella ""Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde"", rather than an adaptation of it, with the Robert Louis Stevenson tale serving as a backstory within the series. It stars James Nesbitt as Tom Jackman, a modern-day descendant of Dr. Jekyll, who has recently"
"first series of the show, comprising seven episodes, premiered in the UK on Channel 4 24 September 1999, and the second and final series, also consisting of seven episodes, premiered on 23 February 2001 before concluding on 13 April, with the final episode of the second series also serving as the series finale. Both series were nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Situation Comedy. Daisy Steiner (Jessica Stevenson) and Tim Bisley (Simon Pegg) are two London based twenty-somethings who meet by chance in a café while both are flat-hunting. Despite barely knowing each other, they conspire to pose"
"makes numerous Hitchcock-esque cameo appearances; he plays a neighbour and a husband in the first series and a workman in the third. Despite all receiving equal billing in the credits, the original principal cast members were paid different salaries in the first few years; Baxendale and Nesbitt were the most well-known, so received more than Ripley, Thomson, Norris and Bathurst, who were comparatively less well-known to audiences. Prompted by the continued success of the show, Andy Harries reviewed the salaries in 2000 and decided to pay all six actors the same amount. The amount was not publicly disclosed but was"
"comedy ""The Friday Night Project"". As a film awards presenter, he hosted the IFTA Awards ceremony for three consecutive years between 2005 and 2007, the British Independent Film Awards from 2005 to 2010, and the National Movie Awards in 2008 and 2010. In 2009, he hosted the Laurence Olivier Awards. An amateur golfer since his teenage years, Nesbitt joined the European team for Sky One's ""All*Star Cup"" in 2005 and 2006. He signed up to a series of high-profile television advertisements for the Yell Group in 2003, playing a hapless character called James for the company's Yellow Pages campaign until"
"having a relationship. Series 1–7 have been released on DVD. Peak Practice Peak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale—a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District—and the doctors who worked there. It ran on ITV from 10 May 1993 to 30 January 2002 and was one of their most successful series at the time. It originally starred Kevin Whately as Dr Jack Kerruish, Amanda Burton as Dr Beth Glover and Simon Shepherd as Dr Will Preston, though the roster of doctors would change many times over the course of the series. The series"
"(episode.5) until 1964, with return appearance in 1967 and 1972 until 1975. Imelda Egan in the BBC Northern Ireland drama ""Ballykissangel"" and Mary Carroll, the Royles' neighbour in the Granada Television comedy ""The Royle Family"". She has also had recurring roles in ""Father Ted"" and ""Cold Feet"". In Ireland, she became an original cast member of the soap opera, ""Fair City"" from 1989 until the early 1990s. She was previously married to actor Frank Singuineau from 1954 until 1963. When she wasn't acting, she renovated homes with her husband. Keogh died on 31 December 2017 aged 93, in Thomastown, County"
"beforehand, citing Clark's song ""Downtown"" as one of his favourite songs from that decade. Tubridy interviewed Northern Irish actors Liam Neeson and James Nesbitt about their film, ""Five Minutes of Heaven"", in the twentieth episode of the season, describing them as "" two of our [Ireland's] finest acting exports"". Neeson appeared on the show less than a month before the death of his wife Natasha Richardson in a skiing accident, which he did not speak of for over two months. Also interviewed in that episode were rugby union television analysts George Hook and Brent Pope, with music provided by Bell"
"No Place Like Home (TV series) No Place Like Home was a BBC situation comedy series, written by Jon Watkins and starred William Gaunt and Patricia Garwood as Arthur and Beryl Crabtree, a middle-aged couple who plan for a quiet life once their children have left home. Sadly, it is not to be. ""No Place Like Home"" was broadcast for five series between 1983 and 1987 with an early appearance by Martin Clunes. , the series is being repeated between 2am to 3.30am weekdays on the Drama channel. Arthur and Beryl Crabtree had raised four children and looked forward to"
"it a costly show to produce. It was cancelled due to financial considerations after its third season, despite very high ratings. Following a public appeal, the production company Impossible Pictures partnered with ITV and their corporate competitor, UKTV, to finance a renewal. The show returned with 5 webisodes in late 2010. Series four and five followed, featuring Potts and Spearritt and co-star Ben Miller with additional new cast members including Ben Mansfield and Ciarán McMenamin. During the break in filming, Potts and Spearritt underwent a physical transformation to conform with the plotline of the programme, which had matured their characters."
"securing a record deal. Three series of the show were broadcast. The first series contained six fifteen-minute episodes, the second contained six thirty-minute episodes, and the third contained two feature-length specials of sixty minutes each. The show was described as ""the world's first interactive drama series"", as it allowed viewers to vote on the outcome of each episode. The first two series were released on DVD, with the third remaining unreleased. The show was notable for its well-known British talent, including roles played by Shystie, Noel Clarke, Adam Deacon, N-Dubz and Tim Westwood. In March 2006, Shystie had two songs,"
"BBC Radio programme ""Desert Island Discs"" on 27 January 1973. He died on 3 January 1995. Robert Nesbitt Robert Nesbitt (11 January 1906 - 3 January 1995) was a theatre director, theatrical producer and impresario, particularly known for staging 25 instances of the Royal Variety Show. Nesbitt was born on 11 January 1906 in London, England. He was the Royal Variety Show's stage director in 1945, 1946, 1958 and 1961; and its producer from 1962 until 1976 and again in 1978. He once rejected an audition by Julie Andrews, but on the grounds of her age (she was only twelve"
"as the father character Tony Hughes in the acclaim BBC One drama series ""The Missing"". Nesbitt was married to former actress Sonia Forbes-Adam, with whom he has two daughters. He is an advocate of numerous charities, and in 2010 he accepted the ceremonial position of Chancellor of the University of Ulster. James Nesbitt was born on 15 January 1965 in Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. His father, James ""Jim"" Nesbitt, was the headmaster of the primary school in Lisnamurrican, a hamlet near Broughshane, while his mother, May Nesbitt, was a civil servant. Jim and May already had three daughters—Margaret, Kathryn"
"Blandings (TV series) Blandings is a British comedy television series adapted by Guy Andrews from the Blandings Castle stories of P. G. Wodehouse. It was first broadcast on BBC One from 13 January 2013, and stars Timothy Spall, Jennifer Saunders, Jack Farthing, Tim Vine and Mark Williams. The series was produced with the partial financial assistance of the European Regional Development Fund. Set in 1929, Lord Emsworth (Spall) resides at Blandings Castle, along with his imperious sister Connie (Saunders), his empty-headed son Freddie (Jack Farthing), and any number of houseguests, love-struck nieces and their boyfriends. He would rather be left"
"Fitzwarren in ""Dick Whittington"" at the Civic Theatre in Aylesbury (2002), Baron Hardup in ""Cinderella"" at the Royal Spa Centre in Leamington Spa (2004), Brassett in ""Charley's Aunt"" at the Northcott Theatre (2004), and Rupert Matthew in ""Moonshadow"" at Jerwood Space (2005). Wimbush lives in his homes at Wandsworth and Rye, East Sussex with his partner Marie. Martin Wimbush Martin Wimbush (born 1949) is a British actor. Born in London, Wimbush trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama between 1967–69, and then worked extensively in regional theatre, before going into television and then later into film. His television"