Joking Apart(1993)
Comedy
First Air Date: 1993-01-07
Average Runtime: 30m
Rating: 7.0
Votes: 4
Seasons: 2
Episodes: 12
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.
Seasons & Episodes
Series 1
Episodes: 6E01
Episode 1
Air Date: 1993-01-07
Mark meets Becky for the first time at a "party", and after a whirlwind romance, they tie the knot. But Mark is obliv...
E02
Episode 2
Air Date: 1993-01-14
Robert and Tracy stay with Mark to try to help him get through his first night apart from Becky, as he reminisces abo...
E03
Episode 3
Air Date: 1993-01-21
Robert and Tracy have invited Becky and her new lover, Trevor, to dinner, but their plans go awry when Mark turns up ...
E04
Episode 4
Air Date: 1993-01-28
A retrospective episode in which Mark proposes to Becky four times, only to be rebuffed on each occasion. With Becky ...
E05
Episode 5
Air Date: 1993-02-04
Robert has left his mobile phone at Mark’s flat, so Mark drives round to the house to return it. But separation can m...
E06
Episode 6
Air Date: 1993-02-11
Mark has two women at his flat who both want to spend the night alone with him. When Becky turns up unexpectedly, he ...
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