Cold Feet

1 9 9 8 – 2 0 0 3 (UK)
64 x 45 minute episodes
2 0 1 6 – 2 0 2 0 (UK)
27 x 45 minute episodes

Commissioned to write a one-off show for Granada Television, Mike Bullen created Cold Feet, set in Manchester and depicting the blooming romance between Adam Williams (James Nesbitt) and Rachel Bradley (Helen Baxendale).

Adam’s friends Pete (John Thomson) and Jenny (Fay Ripley) Gifford were trying to start a family, while Rachel’s middle-class chums Karen (Hermione Norris) and David (Robert Bathurst) Marsden were considering a second child and a nanny.

The show won a Rose d’Or award in 1997, and a series duly followed, and storylines grew darker as infidelity corroded the couples.

The Giffords divorced, and Pete married Jo Ellison (Kimberley Joseph). Karen and David also separated and formed relationships with Mark Cubitt (Sean Pertwee) and Robyn Duff (Lucy Robinson).

The core cast remained until Fay Ripley left during the fourth series, but ratings remained high as the show wound towards its shocking climax in 2003 with Rachel dying in a car crash.

The series was dusted off in 2016 with the story picking up 13 years later. The gang was reunited when Adam turned up in Manchester to announce his impending marriage, but not everyone was as thrilled as him.

There was a short-lived American remake in 1999.

Adam Williams
James Nesbitt
Rachel Bradley
Helen Baxendale
David Marsden
Robert Bathurst
Karen Marsden
Hermione Norris
Pete Gifford
John Thomson
Jenny Gifford
Fay Ripley
Ramona
Jacey Salles
Olivia Marsden
Daisy Edgar-Jones
Adam Gifford
Jack Harper
Matthew Williams
Ceallach Spellman
Chloe Gifford
Madeleine Edmondson
Barbara Blyth
Marji Campi
Josh Marsden
Liam O’Brien (1)
Daniel O’Brien (2)
Daniel Hall (3)
Christopher Hall (4)
Baby Twin
Lara Bateson (1)
Jessica Bateson (2)
Benjamin Bateson (3)
Robyn Duff
Lucy Robinson
Tina Reynolds
Leanne Best
Ellie Marsden
Sylvie Briggs (1)
Ella Hunt  (2)
Jo Ellison
Kimberley Joseph
Little Adam
Matthew Yorke (1)
Antony Yorke (2)