Alan Cowan

Coupling, altı bekar arkadaşın özellikle kadın erkek ilişkileri üzerine sonsuz çabalarının anlatıldığı cesur bir dizi. Dozunda kullanılan cinsellik, kadın ve erkek dünyalarına dair sadece ‘dost sohbetlerinde konuşulan’ konuların işlenmesi her iki cins için de diğer cinsin ‘deşifresi’ anlamına geliyor. Coupling, kadın izleyiciler için ‘erkekleri tanıma kılavuzu’ ve tabii erkek izleyiciler için de bir tür ‘taktik rehberi’.

Following the lives of three 20-somethings sharing a flat in Battersea. They're young, bright and sexy - so why aren't they having a good time ? Join Matthew (the agoraphobic, self-obsessed, macho man); Martin (the wimpish, sex-starved underdog) and Mandy (the gorgeous blonde, who always ends up with the wrong men), in this outrageously funny flat-share comedy that is anything but politically correct.

The trials and tribulations of David, a world-weary thirty-something trying to make sense of his complicated life. David shares his flat with his lodger, Ethan, an American personal trainer. His friend and neighbour Lord Peter Harrington is an aristocrat who's upset about losing his seat in the House of Lords. His son, who David thinks might be gay, lives with his ex-wife Sian. David now fancies his Slovenian cleaning lady, Eva, who wants to marry him so that she can stay in Britain.

In London, during October 1993, England is playing Holland in the preliminaries of the World Cup. The Bosnian War is at its height, and refugees from the ex-Yugoslavia are arriving. Football rivals, and political adversaries from the Balkans all precipitate conflict and amusing situations. Meanwhile, the lives of four English families are affected in different ways by encounter with the refugees.

A gang of boys who run their money raising 'business' - on strictly free market lines - is threatened by the arrival of another group. - A socialistic group, headed by a black girl!