Joking Apart

The story

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.

Cast

R Robert BathurstMark Taylor F Fiona GilliesBecky Johnson T Tracie BennettTracy Glazebrook P Paul RaffieldRobert Glazebrook P Paul Mark ElliottTrevor M Martyn EllisAlan T Tony GardnerMichael · Lawyer K Kerry ShaleDick · Stranger J James GreeneVicar P Paul RainbowMan at Funeral R Rhoda LewisWoman at Funeral M Mark LockyerWaiter

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G Geoffrey McGivernDave R Robert LlewellynTom C Charlotte AveryMonica S Shirley CassedyMother J John FortuneClement P Paul BrookeDr Strickland A Anthony CollinMr Glazebrook J Jo PowellMrs Glazebrook D Diane LangtonProstitute K Katy CarmichaelWaitress B Barbara KeoghAunt Helen N Nina YoungAlison A Amanda WalkerAlison's Mother J John RolfeAlison's Father M Michael CucksonAndy P Patrick DugganPreston M Michael BertenshawPoliceman H Helen Atkinson-WoodSally M Michael ThomasRick R Rachel FieldingJanice J Jonathan BarlowWeatherman