About this season
Black comedy documenting the relationships of six unusual couples in the style of a fly-on-the-wall documentary.
Episodes (6)
1. An English Squeak
Aired 13 November 2000 • 30 min
The first episode centres on an upper-crust but down trodden husband, Peter and his uncaring wife, Flick, who suffers from a rather convenient sexual disorder.
2. Slither In
Aired 20 November 2000 • 30 min
This edition features a happily married, middle-aged couple who run their own guest house in the Black Country - as well as organizing swinging parties for S&M enthusiasts.
3. All Over My Glasses
Aired 27 November 2000 • 30 min
This edition focuses on Michelle and Stephen, who live in a working-class community in the Welsh valleys.
4. Straight as a Flute
Aired 4 December 2000 • 30 min
Beverlee and Tony are religious zealots. They love their four dogs, but hate their neighbours. Tony is the manager of a bathroom retail outlet and Beverlee has a mobile hairdressing business. In their spare time they evangelise, and deliver curly sausage casseroles to the local vicar.
5. Hairless
Aired 11 December 2000 • 30 min
Neurotic Barne and wannabe rock chic Fonte invite the cameras into their home to prove that they have a thoroughly modern relationship. Fonte just wants her 15 minutes of fame, but Barne finds that being filmed is a useful form of therapy.
6. More Than Happy
Aired 18 December 2000 • 30 min
A south-coast couple who run a shop selling everything from sandwiches to bras are approaching their eighth wedding anniversary. Husband Ray has always wanted to go on a cruise, so wife Les arranges a trip on a cross-channel ferry. But the fate of the couple's twins remains unexplained.