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Joking Apart

Season 2 1995

  • 1995-01-03T21:00:00Z on BBC Two
  • 30m
  • 3h (6 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Comedy
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.

6 episodes

Season Premiere

1995-01-03T21:00:00Z

2x01 Episode 7

Season Premiere

2x01 Episode 7

  • 1995-01-03T21:00:00Z30m

Mark goes into a newsagent to buy a ‘paper but finds himself inexorably drawn towards the top shelf magazines….Not the ideal circumstances, then, in which to bump into your estranged wife for the first time in two months….

1995-01-10T21:00:00Z

2x02 Episode 8

2x02 Episode 8

  • 1995-01-10T21:00:00Z30m

Mark has been having fantasies about murdering Trevor and a night of heavy drinking only adds fuel to the fire. When his wife’s lover turns up at his flat for a secret heart-to-heart, can Mark resist the urge to vent his repressed anger?

1995-01-17T21:00:00Z

2x03 Episode 9

2x03 Episode 9

  • 1995-01-17T21:00:00Z30m

Mark and Becky are talking in a pub, when Robert pops in. He seems unhappy at being spotted and acts suspiciously. Why is he so anxious to conceal his whereabouts, and what dark secret might he be hiding?

1995-01-24T21:00:00Z

2x04 Episode 10

2x04 Episode 10

  • 1995-01-24T21:00:00Z30m

Mark's elderly Aunt Helen is due to visit from Australia, and is very keen to be introduced to Becky. He hasn’t dared mention the divorce, as she has a weak heart. Will Becky maintain the pretence? And if so, can Mark avoid ruining his chances with an attractive new neighbour?

1995-01-31T21:00:00Z

2x05 Episode 11

2x05 Episode 11

  • 1995-01-31T21:00:00Z30m

Mark is suffering from concussion and can't be left on his own. But who is the mysterious visitor who claims to be his 'very best friend' and will Mark take his one-eyed advice?

1995-02-07T21:00:00Z

2x06 Episode 12

2x06 Episode 12

  • 1995-02-07T21:00:00Z30m

Tracy takes part in a television phone-in show about divorce....Just not how she imagined. Inevitably, Becky and Mark are soon centre-stage in the discussion. As more and more revelations come out, some relationships will never be the same again....

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