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Season 1

  • S01E01 Turkish Delight

    • January 27, 2003

    A bored housewife finds glamour and excitment when she starts a job belly-dancing in a Turkish restaurant.

  • S01E02 Coming Up for Air

    • January 28, 2003

    Drama about an overworked, unhappy widower who suffers stress- and shock-related amnesia when he takes a holiday in Spain. With the help of a woman he meets out there, he then has to rediscover his old identity, meeting family and colleagues as if for the first time.

  • S01E03 The Real Arnie Griffin

    • January 29, 2003

  • S01E04 Heroes and Villans

    • January 30, 2003

    Classic gang-show comedy set on a deprived housing estate. Jonny steals some dodgy leather jackets that turn out to have drugs in them, and they are sold to the locals before Marlene gets a tip-off and realises they must be retrieved.

  • S01E05 Girl's Weekend

    • January 31, 2003

    Kate's hen weekend is beset with disasters, culminating in a vodka-fuelled revelation.

Season 2

  • S02E01 Venus and Mars

    • January 26, 2004

    Oliver and Grace have been best friends for years. Everyone wonders why they have never been a couple, and suddenly, so do they. After a passionate weekend in the country, they attempt to go back to their normal lives, but Oliver's new fiancee has her own agenda. It is not long before both Oliver and Grace are forced to make life-changing decisions.

  • S02E02 Sons, Daughters and Lovers

    • January 27, 2004

    Divorced Hardy finds love with Kate whilst his son Ben falls for older woman Anna. But Anna is Kate's mother. The irony is that Hardy and Anna are made for each other, as are Ben and Kate.

  • S02E03 Drive

    • January 29, 2004

    Julie is a 29-year-old temp with a steady boyfriend, but no direction. When she gets a contract at Sunshine Cars, she gets a new lease of life. Suddenly she is competing with the men, making changes and impressing the boss. But she may have to compromise to reach the top.

  • S02E04 Viva Las Blackpool

    • January 30, 2004

    Kathy's not taking divorce very well. But then things have become complicated by her ex-husband's new wife trying to bed her best friend's son and her daughter becoming difficult to handle.

  • S02E05 Glasgow Dreams

    • February 2, 2004