series episode cold feet series episode final episode fourth series british comedy drama television series cold feet written directed broadcast itv network december plot follows directly previous episode adam rachel karen david travel sydney australia pete impromptu wedding adam pete truly love rich father rod suspects pete marrying access money pressure rod pete gets cold feet wedding couple soon reconcile marry rod blessing david discovers karen having affair colleague mark sean ends marriage rachel gives birth prematurely sydney hospital episode conceived executive producer attended television conference sydney decided main plot fourth series characters end australia pregnant fly australia scenes featuring rachel filmed manchester england location scouting casting sydney area july production australia ran days october locations included heritage home wedding scenes beach scene outside episode watched nearly million people original broadcast received mixed reaction newspaper critics believed trip sydney unnecessary cast crew selected episode pick day received mixed reviews australia new_zealand performance praised guest role episode represented series won award best drama series plot adam rachel karen david arrive sydney australia pete hastily arranged wedding father surprised learn daughter getting married man suspects money speaking rod adam tells pete thinks wedding going ahead wrong reasons pete angrily tells adam forget best man following morning rod tries bribe pete wedding pete declines later rod forbidding marry tells ought postpone wedding devastated decision tells house sorrow fiancé unsuccessfully tries restart relationship proposing rachel spending time hotel room account pregnancy receives visit lesbian sister tells rachel sleeping men order child adam learns suggests use banked sperm idea rachel disgusted thought husband having baby sister going ahead karen finally assures david animosity caused affair past sean man having affair england tell mark arrives apartment morning spends day david visit art gallery convinces david man day karen tells rachel leave david mark pete adam row adam goes collect pete clothes regret breakup pete leads adam convince rod wedding blessing follows david business meeting rod david arranged prelude family sydney david help changes rod mind pete rod later meets pete blessing reconcile day wedding david finally reveals plans family karen unaware mark apartment karen surprised david plans including finding house live mark irritated david attitude reveals affair enraged david mark fight karen angrily tells mark leave outside hotel rachel goes premature labour adam rushes hospital taken surgery wedding venue pete asks david adam place best man adam rings david volunteers wedding band pete karen pete exchange wedding vows pronounced husband wife wedding karen tries approach david walks away telling later pete karen join adam rachel hospital introduced baby david flies home tears production writing episode devised following lecture given writer executive producer conference november knew actress want renew contract play fourth series developed storyline husband pete meet fall love australian woman divorce storyline episode set australia wanted desperately good reason nice place storyline plotted cast makes appearance series episode originally planned fourth series depicted main characters permanently australia said characters relationship meets australian england comes notion follow reason wanting walk away life comes excuse bring final episode minute special looking lives point episode characters having characters permanently based australia opened possibility spin series set country direction fourth series finale changed significantly announced pregnant wanted episode ordinary episode cold feet happened set australia original script included stereotypical references australian culture cut avoid turning episode told sun herald wanted worries right mate asked local actors sure right recalled episode script difficult written collapse karen david marriage controversial issue writer producers characters divorced wanted avoid main relationships failing enjoying quality australian guest stars joked sun herald write spin series featuring eventually spin series created episode produced final episode cold feet believe continue writing series cast members eager roles production australia interest series renewed decided like write final run episodes filming episode directed directed previous episode visited sydney march scout locations followed producer production designer preliminary casting decisions scouted locations finalised arrangements july unusually production schedule drawn final script place caused complications campbell allocated time filming sydney manchester result scenes set sydney filmed manchester scene characters arrive sydney airport filmed hall campbell viewers sydney able tell difference nearing end pregnancy join rest cast abroad scenes filmed manchester scenes rachel adam hotel room shot hotel exterior scenes hotel filmed centre taxi takes rachel adam hospital car imported britain australia altered look like taxi bar provided filming location scenes final scene episode filmed set constructed studio said shot scene studio weren allowed film real aircraft sections plane interior stick bits place moved look looked window standing wing carpenter trying hold set production sydney commenced week beginning october lasted days main cast flown skeleton crew additional staff drawn working australian production arm flying complete british crew overseas expensive filming locations included scenes filmed facade house establishing scene apartment wedding scenes set grounds scene filmed location outside sydney opera house preparing scene distracted group british tourists karen leave david david affair series group remained quiet scene shot karen david apartment filmed building near point stunt team fight scene mark david convincingly mark david stunt experienced stunt fighting agreed better reaction face real instead hitting air initially conceded better surprised known found scene unusual playing david emotional state reception episode originally broadcast extended minute commercial timeslot december itv network united_kingdom ireland unofficial overnight ratings recorded average million viewers audience share episode final ratings accounting rose million share making watched week fourth series broadcast itv consecutive sunday monday nights monday ratings considerably lower episode marked peak monday night ratings episode received mixed reaction newspaper critics wrote episode fantastic display cold feet popular drama past years proved adequate replacement course fourth series wrote daily_mirror fact gang ended australia showed series lost way birmingham mail wrote excursion sydney giving cast treat years real necessity script critic wrote episode relatively disappointing series column fat critic accused episode managed squeeze harbour bridge shot point series jumped shark times columnist described draining went adam rachel poorly characterised suggested come characters episode selected pick day sun sunday_times writing journal british cinema television analysed development david character course series including fantasy scene episode david living karen australia scene david karen wedding rings old exhausted love traded new vibrant love single gesture karen pursues david storms ceremony shouting undoubtedly ready alternate pain partial forgiveness marriage david turns says karen smith compared scene wedding scene film best years lives itv submitted episode bafta represent series best drama series category series won award collected bafta ceremony april scene pete meets rod time voted best dramatic moment bbc annual moments broadcast episode broadcast australia june sydney morning herald wrote unlike seemingly compulsory adventures british presents superior storyline views oliver complimented performances direction age critical plot fairly locations glossy sights sydney thought looked bored roles new_zealand episode broadcast september reviewer critical clichés script particularly stereotypical characterisation described bit critical karen reaction david attempts repair relationship concluded writing god knows drag entire cast way australia lot manchester angst ridden selfish home video episode released complete 4th series dvd vhs set released united_kingdom november australia april released single disc dvd promotional venture
Series 4, Episode 8 (Cold Feet)