cold feet series series british comedy drama television series cold feet broadcast itv network november december episodes written series creator produced directed follows award winning pilot episode broadcast storylines focus couples pete david played respectively storylines follow couples try stay faithful held issues infidelity pregnancy lives complicated jobs money troubles moving embellished scripts events personal life directors producers additional contributions intent fiction programme true life possible series filmed half studios exterior locations critical reaction episodes negative reviewers liking characters finding comedy drama format unusual series progressed critics opinions positive production values rated highly fantasy scenes received average million viewers watched series week following year won awards nominated rose episodes released vhs dvd internet media formats episodes production pilot episode intended executive producer controller comedy lead series commission itv network poor ratings night broadcast march stalled commission told writer creator producer forget itv limited portfolio comedy meant ratings failure pilot selected default represent network year pilot won silver rose humour rose itv commission series meantime received offers bbc channel_4 series august chaired panel judges itv director programming pledged network comedy output included new episodes cold feet announced august production began january episode small minute drama cast main cast members pilot returned series play couple fledgling relationship play pete married couple child born episode play david upper middle class couple considering having second child mixed feelings series commission poor reception pilot stop thinking contrast viewed failed pilot following resolution karen david storyline pilot david couple need hire cast bit actress bbc previously appeared film margaret produced cold feet audition required loud argument boyfriend telephone embellished bit comic english language won initially contracted episodes assumed employ new episodes appearances series eventually appeared series guest appearances second appearance form flashbacks james keen find resolution father cliffhanger reportedly repeatedly asking producers baby actors appearances pleased work kelly big fan sitcom kelly appeared writing storylines potential series drafted writer production pilot production series began producer worked create detailed plots episodes acting script editor work plots drawn life pete bringing new baby paralleled wife child born late scenes pete attend classes written memory wife given cup play conclusion fourth episode pete father dies way grandson suggested experience death father taught people rarely opportunity goodbye loved ones real life storylines based real life karen david marriage guidance scenes episode consulted relationship support charity relate actors directors input scripts original script marriage therapy scenes ended david shouting apparently fire offensive weapon convinced character david overtly leave exposed david fire remove barrel hear running footsteps approaching door suddenly open male colleagues burst open room second look scene looking lost karen looking shocked significantly david standing fire apparently threatening manner colleague danger men david knocking ground goes complains loudly pinned floor episode marriage guidance scene originally scripted believed scene left character exposed rewrote episodes planned split adam rachel series climax left living happily homes compelling reason second series opposed idea believing audience want happy ending characters allowed writer producer proceed idea episode director wanted adam leave finding rachel pregnancy followed proven love singing system train similar pilot conclusion thought idea spent easter weekend drafting end series genesis rachel pregnant possibly came filming second episode suggested return rachel marriage later series learned working soap opera seeds storyline early pay later brief encounter homage conceived close filming seen film rent video writing scene filming directors days film episodes approximately minutes screen time day asked father director helm episodes successful direction pilot declined order shoot film ireland production scheduled begin october overrun production calendar funding film fell took episodes cold feet offered second time directors sets constructed studios interior filming ran weeks march exterior filming location shooting city february climax episode rachel drives mini golf course pick pete filmed long lens film mini approaching making appear closer avoiding having drive green filming episode came close filmed birth scene encouraging actors wore prosthetic abdomen simulate appearance pregnancy episode wig applied birth scene uncredited baby played baby adam scene week old child born weeks premature giving appearance new born baby conclusion episode originally scripted feature pete adam playing crazy golf indoors like scene thirty minutes available end production directed talk scene basis attraction adam implied sixth episode developed second series scenes adam rachel having sex shop window episode inspired filmed shop unit near station unit dressed look like charity shop items bed added stunt sequence car comes shop window setting location switched stunt doubles car propelled ramp window explosive charges placed glass achieve effect trailed cameras window filming ran following day location near clubs filmed avoid giving away plot told filming bed advertisement exposure appearing friends selected rachel wears episode buying worth outlet london stunt scene filmed episode charity ball scene filmed days lodge concluded fight played king shots fire limited takes took long apply king table king stunt doubles fall legs weakened glasses table replaced sugar glass brief encounter fantasy filmed steam railway near scene opportunity mark television director scene filmed cole main crew establishing shots filmed second unit time constraints lighting focus fantasy station intended direct contrast harsh appeared real life scenes reception broadcast ratings itv trailed cold feet november trailer featured clips pilot episode including scene adam sings rose people complained commercial television scene inappropriate complaints upheld ruled trailer breach programming code humour piece apparent outset sheet billboard advertising campaign preceded broadcast featuring comedy life broadcast sponsored port series broadcast itv november december wanted series air timeslot wanted time pilot scheduled timeslot traditionally referred slot programmes watched viewers having concentrate compromised scheduled cold feet start bbc responded scheduling adaptation vanity_fair time episodes aired began main target audience episode averaged million viewers hour peaking million low point million episode ranked thirty fourth watched programme week sixth watched drama excluding soap operas second episode dropped seven places previous week million viewers recovered million following week managed place watched programmes fourth week held steady million viewers position best figures episode seen million making thirty second final episode series suffered schedule change dropping ninth million viewers weeks averaged audience share points itv sunday average critical reaction series welcomed british additional publicity generated appearances friends episodes impress critics independent called episode depressing programme seen commenting ending observed police main duty taxi fathers hospital barber concluded review positive comments rest series reminiscent criticised episode conclusion comparing norman wisdom comedy late review described acting especially awful suggested series developed marketing department critical reaction improved episode writing new statesman praised episode constructed commented positively acting compared production fantasy scenes ally evening standard following conclusion vanity_fair prior broadcast episode wrote style light narrative frequently men pub lust women meet wine bar fun men great settings stores classes sitting rooms interested domestic outlawed bbc subject soap operas rely murders armed figures set minor cult analysed series relation early middle aged viewers forgotten people comparing storylines real life issues experienced friends concluded world finding love world asking use love find late probably moral lightly look advertisement warning famously honourable estate gaze marriages friends vanity_fair deliberately wrote novel hero respond cold feet contrary characters episode mirror wrote wouldn want bump people wine bar found cared relationships sad sexual petty concluded calling series written produced performed times summarised episodes walking satire frequently falling wrote positively writing directing acting editing approved deliberately unhappy ending looking forward seeing rachel departure resolved second series attributed mixed critical reaction unusual timeslot series given awards won situation comedy category awards best entertainment award award best british comedy awards received nomination film editing entertainment episode nominated golden rose win publicist series believed european judges understand humour episode noting british delegates festival helpless laughter episode nominated non american series receive nomination category lost ally episode theme life home media episodes released single vhs tape october episodes scheduled release videos released november november cancelled tape release series came november released disc region dvd september release new packaging came march dvd released australia february united_states january pilot series available free streaming media itv revamped website july august additionally batch series itv archives available purchase itv itunes_store shop introduced april
Cold Feet (series 1)