Contribution in an anthology

Appeared in:  British TV Comedies: Cultural Concepts, Contexts and Controversies

Editor list: Kamm, J; Neumann, B

Publication year: 2016

Pages: 311-325

ISBN: 978-1-137-55294-5

eISBN: 978-1-137-55295-2

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137552952_21

Abstract: 

Coupling (BBC2/BBC3 2000–2004), the BBC’s successful comedy on the merry art of making couples, is — fittingly perhaps — a joint undertaking by the husband-and-wife-team of writer Steven Moffat and producer Sue Vertue. With Martin Dennis as director, who had previously contributed to the successful comedy Men Behaving Badly (ITV/BBC1 1992–1999), the triangle of devoted comedy makers was complete. Series One to Three were produced for BBC2, while Series Four with a slightly changed cast was moved to BBC3. Moffat, the mastermind behind Coupling, has arguably become the BBC’s universal weapon in its entertainment sector: he is co-creator and writer of Sherlock (BBC1 2010–) as well as executive producer and head writer of Doctor Who (BBC1 2005–). His earlier projects include The Press Gang (ITV 1989– 1993), which won him a BAFTA in 1989, Joking Apart (BBC2 1993–1995), Murder Most Horrid (BBC2 1991–1999) andJekyll (BBC1 2007). He recently received the Judge’s Award from the Royal Television Society (2011) and the BAFTA Special Award (2012) for his contribution to television in creative writing. It is therefore not surprising that Coupling proved equally successful, winning the Silver Rose of Montreux in 2001 (beating the successful US sitcom Frasier) and being named Best TV Comedy at the British Comedy Awards in 2003.

Harvard Citation style: Rostek, J. and Will, D. (2016) From Ever-Lusting Individuals to Ever-Lasting Couples: Coupling and Emotional Capitalism, in Kamm, J. and Neumann, B. (eds.) British TV Comedies: Cultural Concepts, Contexts and Controversies. London: Palgrace Macmillan, pp. 311-325. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137552952_21

APA Citation style: Rostek, J., & Will, D. (2016). From Ever-Lusting Individuals to Ever-Lasting Couples: Coupling and Emotional Capitalism. In Kamm, J., & Neumann, B. (Eds.), British TV Comedies: Cultural Concepts, Contexts and Controversies (pp. 311-325). Palgrace Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137552952_21