fictional character portrayed british comedy drama television series cold feet rachel introduced pilot episode begins relationship relationship highs lows series rachel reveals secret husband series abortion second supposedly prevents child future adam marry series surprised discover pregnant fourth begin raising child fifth series rachel life cut short killed car crash character originally devised fantasy girlfriend constructed amalgamation writer female friends series developed input rachel storylines provided producers rachel adam attempt series wife tried originally planned rachel adam adopt child fourth series real life pregnancy meant storyline rewritten character actress received mixed reviews critics series received best actress award portrayal rachel pilot nominated british comedy award television reviewers criticised character series began rachel diagnosis syndrome fourth series drew criticism consulted writing storyline series ended increase number people taking life insurance policies provider spokesperson company attributed rachel premature death creation backstory devised writer central characters pilot episode cold feet conceived fantasy girlfriend incorporating elements man perfect girlfriend actress incorporated elements female friend known age popularly known starring role bbc medical drama available halfway casting process pilot invited audition initially reluctant read role believed able good comic performance executive producer persuaded performed black comedy suited rachel producer described perfect rachel reading having chemistry auditioned role eventually cast time series initial concerns gone felt comfortable acting comic actors speaking found rachel difficult play playing nice girl hard play characters came somebody said mike writer come said fantasy girl found hard end felt thing hyper real natural character backstory presented cold feet man woman guide life compiled scripts rachel read french spent season working girl french alps met best friend returned england karen married rachel began career advertising industry character arc relationship adam beginning pilot episode rachel dumped boyfriend recently taken job hong_kong want burden rachel deciding shortly car supermarket car park row fault crash things giving phone number ostensibly case problem insurance writes number rear later rain time later rachel friend karen advises adam date date months later row rachel gets simon returned hong_kong adam wins wearing rose series begins months later rachel adam house horrified discover married years contacts husband briefly considering going dumping adam gets divorce misunderstanding karen rachel worries adam stopped finding sexually attractive agree sexual fantasies rachel shares adam sex shop window adam arranges keys shop rachel act fantasy arrested leads police series episode rachel reveals karen pregnant unsure father adam sex manchester adam turning proposal marriage believes father child leaving manchester train adam arrives station shortly train leaves love child regardless father rachel demonstrates mean train departs london abortion months later rachel returns manchester moves karen david spare room pete spots supermarket adam prepares thinks homecoming child instead rachel reveals pregnancy terminated unable cope knowing father adam abortion story devised avoid having couples series having children executive producers agreed having rachel suffer cop split terminate pregnancy worried effect character narrative audience think convinced realistic character rachel adam left arrives house middle night finds apparently middle new girlfriend amy resolves old job starts dating worker younger short agrees friends adam accompanying school reunion brief david younger brother getting adam learning treatment cancer trip away year rachel feels ready past incidents committed relationship rachel adam begin trying baby storyline devised wanted cold feet reflect relevant issues contemporary society featured heavily news felt incorporating series help raise awareness provide fodder characters story arcs rachel sperm injection treatment incorporated aspects real life treatment experienced wife eminent fertility scientist consulted extensively development plot spending thousand pounds treatment rachel doctor informs syndrome likely caused abortion despite unable children naturally rachel adam determined continue relationship adam proposes married civil ceremony series episode episode reunited estranged parents brian mary episode rachel spoken years father abuse mother mother staying refuses allow paul away instead asks david despite learning having extra marital affair reception inadvertently reveals parents sister daughter come lesbian son death funeral beginning series rachel upset adam begin application process adoption soon paired year old daughter drug adam bond meeting foster home adam rachel begin plans routine hospital appointment reveals rachel months pregnant social worker adoption application concerned effect new baby moves adam rachel adam rachel legal action adoption agency change minds foster mother jean persuades think effect reluctantly adam rachel walk away adoption instead plan baby original series story arc adam rachel radically different changed considerably learned pregnant time looking number ideas including alien abduction heavily pregnant rachel doctor advises safe fly australia pete wedding series episode day wedding ceremony rachel collapses outside hotel having gone labour months prematurely rushed hospital gives birth boy names beginning series set months birth rachel appears matthew refuses let adam hold lets sight adam abruptly leaves matthew naming ceremony feeling unable love child coming wife rachel reveals baby fell kitchen table left matter seconds said story rachel real experience trouble start problems birth obsessed baby adam work hard resolve differences big transition way protective baby amazing body instincts suddenly got real rachel observer television reviewer criticised plot unrealistic obsessive new mother spent hour son pre bottle rachel contention didn want dinner adam couldn bear leave month old matthew care best friend children far months baby duty hours day woman come ordinary guilt aside joy prospect bowl glass wine consumed matter course cold feet reflecting lives target audience revelation adam rachel willing leave matthew care leave ends returns work adam looks matthew period unemployment discover rented house sale rachel adam find perfect family home buy rachel drives auction car hit highway maintenance truck taken hospital emergency treatment dies later night church funeral service held ashes scattered location adam states matthew conceived character dies penultimate episode appears final episode rachel believed character punished divine retribution terrible sin terminating pregnancy told digital spy involved discussions creative staff incorporate rachel possible revival series reception performance pilot episode nominated comedy actress presented best actress award performance cold feet unsuitable job woman portrayal received mixed reviews television critics series began wrote lost edge playing instead making triumphant return british television tough talking woman cast character wrote rachel bland nice title irritating woman plot rachel analysed episode woman hour british pregnancy advisory service supplied information writing team research stages stated recorded case syndrome united_kingdom second world war stated consensus medical groups real direct link infection increase chances fertility problems interfered abortion senior lecturer film countered factual accuracy storyline depended producers wanted portray issue viewers opinion backed itv statement said stories cold feet chosen order people aware issues involved chosen dramatic potential relevance modern living woman hour presenter developed discussion article guardian mentioned impression given rachel suffered incorrectly performed operation travel eastern europe rachel managed conceive child critics retrospective rachel performance series ended new statesman wrote rachel near sex symbol comedy drama cold produced self absorbed tricky clue men death caused moment wheel powerful shocking tribute extent invested believed observer critic noted high profile role friends star cold feet series rachel eclipsed actors characters time final series spectator critic wrote wasn sorry poor old rachel deaths makes think poor baby boy goodness miss attributed portrayal character woman wrote episode featuring rachel death called killing character privilege recorded increase people taking life insurance policies spokesman attributed accident scenes portrayed dramatic realistic way following broadcast final episode information services received requests wedding packs time weddings week held character death continues ranked public polls opinions voted best drama moment bbc annual moments broadcast year poll conducted ranked scene rachel ashes bucket fifth best pub related television scenes death ranked number sky endings programme public poll promote rachel death ranked seventh emotional moment rachel wedding adam placed number channel programme opined woman heart broke married
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