COLD FEET: THE PILOT & COMPLETE FIRST SERIES

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• Release Year: 1997
• Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
• Plot: From its award-winning pilot through five hit seasons, this fast-paced, cutting-edge series–dubbed 'the British Friends'–captivated U.K. audiences and critics alike. This is how it all began.; ; Three thirty-something Manchester couples at different stages of settling down become entangled in love and friendship. As poignantly true to life as it is hilarious, Cold Feet has been hailed for its superb scripts, inspired editing, and trend-setting use of fantasy and flashbacks. The heart of the drama is the up and down romance of Adam and Rachel, played by James Nesbitt (Waking Ned Devine) and Helen Baxendale (An Unsuitable Job for a Woman, Friends). Also starring John Thomson, Fay Ripley, Robert Bathurst, and Hermione Norris.; ; Pilot Episode: This is our introduction to the main cast of six: Adam (James Nesbitt) and Rachel (Helen Baxendale), Pete (Dave Thomson) and Jenny (Fay Ripley) and David (Robert Bathurst) and Karen (Hermione Norris). The notable points in this show are how Adam and Rachel meet with Adam's famous nude serenade, and the warming up of the relationships between them plus the other two married couples, Pete and Jenny, and David and Karen. Pete and Jenny are trying for a baby.; ; Episode 1: It's nine months after the pilot airs and Jenny is about to give birth. This is driving Pete mental as he prepares time and again to make sure that nothing will go wrong, even down to detailed map routes with multiple acetate overlays in the event of a 'what if' situation. David and Karen take on a nanny to help in their household as Karen can't cope on her own and David is always busy with work unable to split his time between home and office.; ; Episode 2: A big step for Adam and Rachel as they decide to move in together. Rachel has a secret though in the shape of a previous relationship that comes back to haunt her. This leads to difficulties with Adam as a result and he goes off to stay with Pete and Jenny for a while. Pete kicks him out after just a few days since they're only just beginning to cope with the new baby. Adam then comes face-to-face with Kris, Rachel's husband from a previous relationship, when he goes back round to the flat he shares with Rachel.; ; Episode 3: Sexual frustration, brewers' droop and fantasies are the keywords here. David's masculinity is in doubt, so is Adam's and Pete can't seem to get any and when he does he's fantasising about the new barmaid. This leads to gargantuan misunderstandings...; ; Episode 4: Pete's parents come to stay and the tension between father and son becomes unbearable. Karen goes back to work and starts editing the book of a Booker Prize winning author and this inspires Adam to write the novel in him. He lacks experiences of his own, so he bases it on the relationship between Pete and his father.; ; Episode 5: Living together has its ups and downs. Adam's bad habits begin to irritate Rachel no end and she finds it difficult to have time to herself. Pete and Jenny watch telly but there's never anything on so they decide to go out for the night. Daivd and Karen are having a few difficulties of their own and decide to see a marriage guidance counsellor. This leads the boys to have their own night out involving a club, drugs, young people and the police, while the girls get flirty and go to a party for fun.; ; Episode 6: David, Karen, Pete and Jenny go to a posh dinner do where things get out of hand between Jenny and David's boss, Natalie. Adam makes the biggest committment of his life once he finds out Rachel is pregnant. Things are never what they seem however and Rachel's uncertainty leads to a confession to Adam.;
• Cast: James Nesbitt, Hermione Norris, John Thomson, Robert Bathurst, Helen Baxendale, Jacey Sallés, Fay Ripley, Christopher Hall, Daniel Hall, Jessica Bateson, Lara Bateson, Benjamin Bateson, Kimberley Joseph, Daniel O'Brien, Liam O'Brien, Antony Yorke, Matthew Yorke, Lorelei King, Ben Miles, Dean Valentine, Harry Valentine, Yasmin Bannerman, Sean Pertwee, Mike Bullen, Doreen Keogh, Rosie Cavaliero, Pooky Quesnel, Laurie Jenkins, Victoria Smurfit, Hugh Simon, Richard Armitage, Alex Lee, Xavier Lee, Ian McElhinney, Lucy Robinson, Lennie James, James Midgley, Nicholas Ball, Richard Dillane, Christopher Lucas, Mel Martin, Michael Wardle, Samantha Spiro, Adam Kelsall, Louis Kelsall, Katie Scragg, Sophie Scragg, Kiki Kendrick, James Carlton, Keith Clifford, Stefan Escreet, Risa Hall, Chris Hargreaves, Jimmy Hibbert, Gordon Langford Rowe, Lisa Millett, Rani Moorthy, Andrew Morris, Jackie Perkins, Naomi Radcliffe, Anthony Schaeffer, Alan Thompson-Jones, Andrew Vincent, Hugh Dancy, Rachel Fielding, Josh Moran, Sue Holderness, Tim Paley, Rhea Bailey, Felix Bell, Gregory Bell, Fiona Carnegie, Richard Cole, Les Doherty, John Draycott, Barbara Dryhurst, Filip Firlej, Howard Harling, Jessica Harris, Steve Hillman, Chrissi-Jo Hyde, Laura Kilgallon, Alison King, Jonathan Le Billon, Elspeth Lloyd, Gary Lucas, Sean McGinley, Clifford Milner, Tony Mooney, Sue Norville, Olive Pendleton, Lyn Roden, Paul Simpson, Rachel Smith, Val Tagger, Andy Taylor, Clare Wayland, Kelly Wenham, Rob Carroll, Charles Daish, Declan Lowney, Mark Mylod, Nigel Cole
• Director: Declan Lowney
• Runtime: 5:51
• Company: Granada, Acorn Media
• Media Format: Series