this life
BBC Television/World Productions (BBC2)
Colour
32 episodes (c.40-minutes)
1996-1997
Created by Amy Jenkins
Produced by Jane Fallon
Executive Producer: Tony Garnett
Regular Cast: Jack Davenport (Miles), Amita Dhiri (Milly), Jason Hughes
(Warren), Andrew Lincoln (Egg), Daniela Nardini (Anna), Geoffrey Batemann
(Hooperman), David Mallinson (O'Donnell), Cyril Nri (Graham), Steve John
Shepherd (Jo), Luisa Bradshaw-White (Kira), Paul Copley (Jerry), Ramon Tikaram
(Ferdy), Natasha Little (Rachel (season 2 only)), Juliet Cowan (Nicki (season 2
only)), Tony Curran (Lenny (season 2 only))
- First season (18 Mar 96 - 3 Jun 96)
- (writer/director) (audience figures/position on BBC2 - if known)
- 1 Coming Together (18 Mar 96)
- Amy Jenkins/Sam Miller (3.81/6th)
- 2 Happy Families (25 Mar 96)
- Amy Jenkins/Sam Miller
- 3 Living Dangerously (1 Apr 96)
- Amy Jenkins/Sam Miller
- 4 Sex, Lies and Muesli Yoghurt (8 Apr 96)
- Richard Zajdlic/Audrey Cooke
- 5 Fantasy Football (15 Apr 96)
- Richard Zajdlic/Audrey Cooke (3.58/10th)
- 6 Family Outing (22 Apr 96)
- Patrick Wilde/Audrey Cooke
- 7 Brief Encounter (29 Apr 96)
- Patrick Wilde/Audrey Cooke (3.46/7th)
- 8 Cheap Thrills (6 May 96)
- Matthew Graham/Nigel Douglas
- 9 Just Sex (13 May 96)
- Matthew Graham/Nigel Douglas
- 10 Father Figure (20 May 96)
- Amy Jenkins/Nigel Douglas
- 11 Let's Get it On (3 Jun 96)
- Amy Jenkins/Nigel Douglas
- Second season (17 Mar 97 - 7 Aug 97)
- 12 Last Tango in Southwark (17 Mar 97)
- Richard Zajdlic/Sallie Aprahamian
- 13 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? (24 Mar 97)
- Richard Zajdlic/Sallie Aprahamian
- 14 The Bi Who Came in from the Cold (31 Mar 97)
- Matthew Graham/Sallie Aprahamian
- 15 How to Get in Bed by Advertising (7 Apr 97)
- Matthew Graham/Sallie Aprahamian
- 16 Small Town Boyo (14 Apr 97)
- Mark Davies Markham/Dominic Lees
- 17 Unusual Suspect (21 Apr 97)
- Mark Davies Markham/Dominic Lees
- 18 He's Leaving Home (28 Apr 97)
- Joe Ahearne/Joy Perino
- 19 Room with a Queue (8 May 97)
- Ian Iqbal Rashid/Joy Perino (3.39/8th)
- 20 Men Behaving Sadly (15 May 97)
- Ian Iqbal Rashid/Joy Perino (3.39/9th)
- 21 When the Dope Comes in (22 May 97)
- Amelia Bullmore/Harry Bradbeer
- 22 She's Gotta Get it (29 May 97)
- Amelia Bullmore/Harry Bradbeer
- 23 The Plumber Rings Twice (5 June 97)
- Eirene Houston/Harry Bradbeer (3.49/7th)
- 24 Wish You Were Queer (12 June 97)
- Annie Caulfield/Sallie Aprahamian (3.10/9th)
- 25 Who's that Girl? (19 Jun 97)
- Annie Caulfield/Sallie Aprahamian (3.80/6th)
- 26 From Here to Maternity (26 Jun 97)
- Jimmy Gardner/Sallie Aprahamian (3.43/4th)
- 27 One Bedding and a Funeral (3 Jul 97)
- Jimmy Gardner/Joe Ahearne (3.73/4th)
- 28 The Secret of my Excess (10 Jul 97)
- William Gaminara/Joe Ahearne (4.12/2nd)
- 29 Diet Hard (17 Jul 97)
- William Gaminara/Joe Ahearne (4.13/1st)
- 30 Milly Liar (24 Jul 97)
- Joe Ahearne/Morag Fullarton (4.23/1st)
- 31 Secrets and Wives (31 Jul 97)
- Richard Zajdlic/Morag Fullarton (4.33/2nd)
- 32 Apocalypse Wow! (7 Aug 97)
- Richard Zajdlic/Morag Fullarton (5.54/1st)
(Thanks to Bronwyn, for a bit of missing info.)