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.
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.
Mark meets Becky for the first time at a "party", and after a whirlwind romance, they tie the knot. But Mark is obliviou
Robert and Tracy stay with Mark to try to help him get through his first night apart from Becky, as he reminisces about
Robert and Tracy have invited Becky and her new lover, Trevor, to dinner, but their plans go awry when Mark turns up sho
A retrospective episode in which Mark proposes to Becky four times, only to be rebuffed on each occasion. With Becky ada
Robert has left his mobile phone at Mark’s flat, so Mark drives round to the house to return it. But separation can ma
Mark has two women at his flat who both want to spend the night alone with him. When Becky turns up unexpectedly, he sus
Mark goes into a newsagent to buy a ‘paper but finds himself inexorably drawn towards the top shelf magazines….Not t
Mark has been having fantasies about murdering Trevor and a night of heavy drinking only adds fuel to the fire. When his
Mark and Becky are talking in a pub, when Robert pops in. He seems unhappy at being spotted and acts suspiciously. Why i
Mark's elderly Aunt Helen is due to visit from Australia, and is very keen to be introduced to Becky. He hasn’t dared
Mark is suffering from concussion and can't be left on his own. But who is the mysterious visitor who claims to be his '
Tracy takes part in a television phone-in show about divorce....Just not how she imagined. Inevitably, Becky and Mark ar