pilot cold feet cold feet british television pilot directed stars adam rachel couple meet fall love relationship break gets cold feet appear supporting roles programme written bbc radio producer little experience tasked creating television production appeal middle class television audiences executive producer believed british television filming completed commissioning network itv shelved year eventually scheduled broadcast evening march network comedy strand sports coverage delayed hour ratings low critical reviews minimal positive critics enjoyed comedy drama format praised writing performances leads entered cold feet television festival awarded rose festival prize resulting itv quickly scheduling repeat broadcast end year won award itv british comedy awards incoming director channels ordered series ran successful years plot breaks long line spends evening pub friend pete arrives home late wife calculated night best time conceive child frustrated sees pete brought adam missed bus home boyfriend breaks dinner taking job hong_kong rachel angrily leaves restaurant friend asked husband david care son rachel crashes car adam supermarket car park brief argument adam suggests exchange phone numbers insurance purposes writes rear rain prompted pete adam spends day supermarket car park hope rachel cross paths meet dinner party held karen david karen suggests rachel advises adam date adam disappointed rachel want sex eventually suggests play happens theatre near house play dismal rachel decides time slept takes pregnancy test negative adam arrives recounts dates rachel pete telling loves rachel following discussion pete women commitment adam argues rachel angrily leaves flat seconds later simon returns telling rachel turned hong_kong job getting locked house karen david holding demanding embarrassed shown colleagues determined rachel adam goes simon flat wearing rose pete arrive find simon chasing naked adam street fight interrupted passing policeman lists multiple adam committed rachel steps forward takes blame happened declares love adam leave pete watch tells pregnancy test positive production development writer script hour long comedy entitled perfect match produced controller comedy pleased balance script struck comedy drama eager develop television series middle class thirty pitch ideas perfect match assistant producer view making pilot initial idea typical boy meets girl boy loses girl boy wins girl story told sides relationship accepted pitch began writing draft influenced american television series film stories funny dramatic aspect believing little television aimed people like discussed lives friends personal experiences create characters adam based met wife rachel based combination fantasy girlfriend writing draft realised telling story sides relationship mean repeating audience seen introduced fantasy scenes idea characters reporting events slightly different way happened adam rachel originally living proposed moving setting manchester production costs existing studios based city wanted series commissioned itv agreed believing accessible viewers requirement series number potential storylines adam rachel plot self contained told expand supporting characters roles storylines script went seven drafts filmed interviewed directors hiring father director initially rejected script believing characters reading met backstage father taping compared story producer director joined production team casting commissioning pilot producers cast comedian known work cast played minor character perfect match role describes pete impressed natural comedy asked write role play accepted role want known forever playing fat bob sidekick series sketches introduced mutual friend brought audition adam seeing wonderfully expressive face advertisement audition asked reading accent believing northern irish characters rarely appeared contemporary british drama political baggage found approach refreshing cast adam halfway casting process actress available bafta scotland award nominated seen coup hesitant audition believed comedy persuaded qualified citing comedic performance cast rachel basis chemistry audition assumed reading role rachel surprised auditioning actresses seen finger predictable approach raised surrey adopt manchester accent managed sort manchester accent audition assuming cast worked improving accent spending time talking local people appearing casting arrived audition expect win david smooth management consultant assuming lot cast seen apart sitcom pilots attracted disciplined comic energy read rachel asked read karen social class matched character good actors appearing howard andrew old lady neighbour makes cameo appearance actor insisted having line visited set perfect match felt like spare filming music filming scheduled day period sets location manchester following week rehearsals shot entirely film stock climax involving rose required nearly naked open set save small visible screen risk production shut residents street filming complained police production manager ensured covered filmed filming minute scene took hours song female species space programme instrumental version plays opening credits lyrical version heard act montage track chosen heard chart rest incidental music main end credits theme composed adam song originally scripted rights song expensive song substituted got skin reception following post production programme shelved placed easter weekend schedule network comedy programming strand broadcast scheduled start march went head head launch night britain terrestrial television channel second drama missing broadcast march itv coverage race restarted accident threw itv evening schedules disarray broadcast cold feet eventually began minutes later originally advertised overnight ratings reflected recorded viewing figures million wrote failure telling series critical success came writing times day aired called enjoyable comedy aimed anybody single married children catholic appeal heightened heading talented cast showed itv trying win awards golden rose sun echoed bond reaction expressing surprise fast funny convincing comedy appeared itv calling treat sharply observed terrific itv committee selected cold feet represent network comedy drama category television festival end april unable attend rose ceremony sick flu took place programme won humour category golden rose festival highest honour jury headed itv director channels half influential ordering series director programmes called win reflection brilliant production acting talents team itv network controller comedy called exactly kind comedy itv met itv executives outline series storylines established end success itv scheduled repeat cold feet time repeat brought million viewers making watched programme british television week seen original broadcast wrote lifted merely bow tight comic acting great script golden rose win particularly glorious achievement citing british programmes 1990s recognition came end year won best comedy drama itv award nominated nominated british comedy award television comedy actress lost dawn french won award programme retained interest reviewers years original broadcast writing said cast script characters endearing believable sale series package american cable network included pilot hired agency design series print media advertisements series run publications new_york_times based campaign shot adam led publications asking alternative refusing carry promotion outright home media home video publication came released vhs subtitle comedy life love short scenes feature filming second series included released double video set dvd series july available streaming media itv revamped website april available purchase itv itunes_store shop
Pilot (Cold Feet)