February 22, 2010
February 11, 2010
Six-part romantic comedy drama, Married Single Other, tells the story of three couples trying to work out what a couple is these days. Starring Amanda Abbington, Lucy Davis, Shaun Dooley, Dean Lennox Kelly, Ralf Little and Miranda Raison, Married Single Other, is produced by Left Bank Pictures, a company founded by former ITV Drama executive, Andy Harries.
Married
Babs (Amanda Abbington) has realised her relationship is in real trouble. She can no longer live with her useless, but lovable, husband, Dickie (Dean Lennox Kelly), who has a unique talent for spending his days and her income on ‘great ideas’. Frustrated by his frivolous approach to life, Babs is faced with one of the biggest decisions of her life. Should she divorce Dickie after all they’ve been through together?
Single
Clint (Ralf Little), Dickie’s brother, has never dated the same girl twice. Until he meets Abbey (Miranda Raison), a gorgeous model, who turns his world upside down and makes him question his one night stand approach to relationships. For the first time in his life he wants a proper girlfriend. And in order to persuade her he’s boyfriend material, Clint has to change his attitude to love and romance. Is he a confirmed womaniser or will he settle down and be faithful to one woman for the rest of his life?
Other
Childhood sweethearts, Lillie (Lucy Davis) and Eddie (Shaun Dooley), have been together for 16 years and are blissfully happy. Eddie has proposed on 16 different occasions, but each time he crashes and burns. Lillie still refuses to wed Eddie, claiming she loves him too much to marry him. However, when she encounters an abusive husband, whilst working at the women’s refuge, her opinion on life dramatically changes. She also never realised how much her young son, and child prodigy, Joe (Jack Scanlon) wanted her to marry his Dad until she finds his secret scrapbook. It’s a life changing moment for Lillie as the impact of what she discovers sinks in.
Married Single Other also stars Leila Mimmack as Gina, Babs’ 15 year old daughter from a previous relationship, Tom Kane as Harry, Lillie and Eddie’s eldest son, Gina Yashere as Eddie’s co-worker Flo and Oona Chaplin as feisty man-eater, Fabiana.
ITV’s Director of Drama Commissioning, Laura Mackie, is delighted with the project: “Married Single Other is a fantastic mix of laugh out loud humour, high emotion and true romance brought to the screen by a wonderful ensemble cast.”
Executive Producer, Andy Harries (The Damned United, Cold Feet, The Queen, Prime Suspect), said: “Peter has created a script which offers a romantic and sweet take on modern day life, against a sometimes bitter and realistic background. I’m thrilled to be working with him and we have an outstanding cast and crew on board.”
Married Single Other is a Left Bank Pictures production for ITV1 and is executive produced by Andy Harries and Francis Hopkinson, alongside writer Peter Souter and Hugo Heppell from Screen Yorkshire.
The 6 x 60 minute series has been filmed in Leeds and produced by Radford Neville (Wuthering Heights) and directed by Declan Lowney (Cold Feet, Father Ted, Little Britain) and Charles Martin (Skins).
Married Single Other has been commissioned by Laura Mackie, Director of Drama ITV and Sally Haynes, Controller of Drama ITV and is supported by Screen Yorkshire through its Production Fund.