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.
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- Ep 1
1.Episode 1
07-01-199330mMark meets Becky for the first time at a "party", and after a whirlwind romance, they tie the knot. But Mark is oblivious as his marriage begins to slowly crumble and when, after f...
- Ep 2
2.Episode 2
14-01-199330mRobert and Tracy stay with Mark to try to help him get through his first night apart from Becky, as he reminisces about their first night together, at the end of an eventful first...
- Ep 3
3.Episode 3
21-01-199330mRobert and Tracy have invited Becky and her new lover, Trevor, to dinner, but their plans go awry when Mark turns up shortly before they are due. Can the two parties be kept apart...
- Ep 4
4.Episode 4
28-01-199330mA retrospective episode in which Mark proposes to Becky four times, only to be rebuffed on each occasion. With Becky adamant she's looking for nothing serious, their relationship a...
- Ep 5
5.Episode 5
04-02-199330mRobert has left his mobile phone at Mark’s flat, so Mark drives round to the house to return it. But separation can make for strange bedfellows….
- Ep 6
6.Episode 6
11-02-199330mMark has two women at his flat who both want to spend the night alone with him. When Becky turns up unexpectedly, he suspects she desires the same, but unless he can keep all three...
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