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TV series

Coupling

2000TV-144 seasons8.0 / 10

The naughty new comedy about nothing...but SEX!

Six friends in their thirties navigate dating, sexual adventures, and mishaps on their quest to find love.

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Synopsis

Six friends in their thirties navigate dating, sexual adventures, and mishaps on their quest to find love.

Cast, crew and production details

About Coupling

Cast

Jack DavenportSteve Taylor
Gina BellmanJane Christie
Sarah AlexanderSusan Walker
Kate IsittSally Harper
Ben MilesPatrick Maitland
Richard CoyleJeff Murdoch
Richard MylanOliver Morris
Emma PiersonJennifer

Credits

Created by
Steven Moffat
Written by
Steven Moffat

Production details

Status
Ended
Series type
Scripted
Episodes
28
Original language
English

Networks & production

  • BBC TwoUnited Kingdom
  • Hartswood FilmsUnited Kingdom
  • BBC StudiosUnited Kingdom

Themes

dirty jokegroup of friendsinnuendosexual humorsitcom

Season 3 episodes

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← Season 2

Episode 1

Split

30m6.1 / 10

Steve and Susan have had an argument about their future, and Susan storms out of Steve's flat in tears. While Steve tries repeatedly to ring Susan, his courage failing every time, the girls are locked in a debate over the merits of 1471, and what it means if the phone "chirps". Eventually the tension at both ends of the phone gets too much. The boys and the girls set out for "the Temple of Woman': in the girls' case, a beauty salon; in the boys' case, a lap dancing club.

Written by Steven MoffatGuest stars Mariella Frostrup, Hannah Waddingham

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Episode 2

Faithless

30m8.0 / 10

Jane finds herself competing with the Supreme Being of the Universe and she feels it isn't fair on either of them. Jeff finds himself in the middle when he has to decide to cheat his girlfriend Julia with Wilma or not.

Written by Steven MoffatGuest stars Lou Gish, Emilia Fox, Lloyd Owen, Gerard Gilroy, Muriel Pavlow, Colin Michael Carmichael, Andrew T. Collins

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Episode 3

Unconditional Sex

30m9.0 / 10

Jeff is still trying to decide whether he should cheat on his girlfriend Julia with Wilma, or not. While his friends try to help him, Jeff is no match in this debate for "devil woman" Wilma. She knows every argument that Susan (the expert in getting her own way) has ever used. Jeff paints himself into a terrifyingly extreme conversational corner, until he blurts out that the reason he can't have sex with Wilma is that his girlfriend is dead...

Written by Steven MoffatGuest stars Lou Gish, Emilia Fox

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Episode 4

Remember This

30m7.5 / 10

Sally is surprised to say the least when Patrick arrives at her flat at three in the morning to get rid of a spider for her. It turns out that he dreamt her distress call. What can this mean? Does Patrick subconsciously want to protect Sally? More shockingly, does Patrick have a subconscious? Encouraged by their friends, Sally and Patrick independently tell the story of how they first met...

Written by Steven MoffatGuest stars Ryan Philpott, Rachel Shelley, David Carter, Rebecca Deren, Jason Bailey

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Episode 5

The Freckle, The Key And The Couple Who Weren't

30m8.0 / 10

Steve is troubled by a blemish on his bottom, which Susan hasn't noticed. James remembers where he knows Susan from. Jeff and Julia try spicing up their love life, but he loses the key to the handcuffs. Then Julia's chunky ex-boyfriend calls round, and he has to pretend that they're not a couple.

Written by Steven MoffatGuest stars Lou Gish, Lloyd Owen, Marc Bannerman

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Episode 6

The Girl With One Heart

30m8.0 / 10

Susan has invited everyone over for dinner, which as we know is just asking for trouble. Steve is particularly worried because Susan has recently redecorated the bathroom, and removed the lock, thus robbing him of his Fortress of Solitude. Sally's worry is that Patrick is bringing his new girlfriend: she's frightened that she will overcompensate her feelings of hostility towards her new rival by being embarrassingly nice. Patrick dimly perceives there might be a problem, so has told Jennifer that Sally is a lesbian...

Written by Steven MoffatGuest stars Emma Pierson, Nigel Harman

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Episode 7

Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps

30m8.0 / 10Finale

Sally is terrified that she might be pregnant, so she takes a pregnancy test and asks the other girls to do the same so that she knows what a negative result looks like. In her fluster she gets the tests muddled up. One of the girls is pregnant, but which one?

Written by Steven MoffatGuest stars Lloyd Owen

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Episode information updated Jul 22, 2026