Joking Apart is a BBC television sitcom written by Steven Moffat about the rise and fall of a relationship. It juxtaposes a couple, Mark (Robert Bathurst) and Becky (Fiona Gillies), who meet and fall in love before getting separated and finally divorced. The series was directed by Bob Spiers and produced by Andre Ptaszynski for independent production company Pola Jones.

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  • Joking Apart is a BBC television sitcom written by Steven Moffat about the rise and fall of a relationship. It juxtaposes a couple, Mark (Robert Bathurst) and Becky (Fiona Gillies), who meet and fall in love before getting separated and finally divorced. The series was 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 (Paul Raffield) and Tracy (Tracie Bennett). Paul-Mark Elliott also appeared as Trevor, Becky's lover. The show attracted a small audience because of scheduling problems, yet it scored highly on the Appreciation Index and it accrued a loyal fanbase. One fan acquired the rights from the BBC and released it on his own DVD label. The first series was released in May 2006, and the second on 17 March 2008. (en)
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  • The opening title is superimposed over a stack of legal documents. (en)
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  • 1993-01-07 (xsd:date)
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  • Sitcom (en)
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  • 1995-02-07 (xsd:date)
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  • List of Joking Apart episodes (en)
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  • 12 (xsd:integer)
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  • 2 (xsd:integer)
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  • "Fool if You Think it's Over" (also end theme) (en)
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  • Joking Apart (play) (en)
  • the Alan Ayckbourn play (en)
  • the BBC sitcom (en)
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  • 30 minutes (en)
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  • Joking Apart (en)
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  • Joking Apart (en)
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  • Joking Apart is a BBC television sitcom written by Steven Moffat about the rise and fall of a relationship. It juxtaposes a couple, Mark (Robert Bathurst) and Becky (Fiona Gillies), who meet and fall in love before getting separated and finally divorced. The series was directed by Bob Spiers and produced by Andre Ptaszynski for independent production company Pola Jones. (en)
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  • Joking Apart (en)
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