Married Single Other

married-single-otherMarried Single Other - (Left Bank Pictures) is a six-part romantic comedy shot in Leeds for ITV. Married Single Other, which explores the lives, loves and loathes of three couples, marks the renewal of a partnership between Screen Yorkshire and Andy Harries' Production Company Left Bank Pictures following the success of their shoot for The Damned United in the region in 2008.

Amanda Abbington, Lucy Davis, Shaun Dooley, Dean Lennox Kelly, Ralf Little and Miranda Raison star in the six-part drama, which filmed on location at numerous landmarks around the city, including:

 - Millennium Square (Civic Hall)
 - Hanover Square
 - Chapel Allerton
 - The Calls, Leeds City Centre
 - Victoria Quarter
 - Kirkstall Abbey
 - Clarence Dock
 - Roundhay Park
 - Harehills
 - Allerton High School

Interiors were shot at Studio 81 on Kirkstall Road where Left Bank Pictures based their production offices.

Screen Yorkshire provided locations and crewing support and invested £250,000 in the production, which is due for transmission in Spring 2010.

Executive Producer Andy Harries (The Damned United, Cold Feet, The Queen, Prime Suspect), said:
‘'Leeds is a brilliant place to film with great local crew who are committed to really high, professional standards and quality work. The city is also a vibrant and enjoyable place to film in with great contrasts and local colour. We loved filming' Married Single Other' there and we are all looking forward to returning for the second series''.

Babs and Dickie
MARRIED Babs (Amanda Abbington) has realised her relationship is in real trouble. She can no longer live with her useless, but lovable, husband, Dickie (Dean Lennox Kelly), who has a unique talent for spending his days and her income on ‘great ideas', all of which never materialise. Frustrated by his frivolous approach to life, Babs is faced with one of the biggest decisions of her life. Should she divorce Dickie after all they've been through together?


Clint and Abbey
SINGLE Clint (Ralf Little), Dickie's brother, has never dated the same girl twice. Until he meets Abbey (Miranda Raison), a gorgeous model, who turns his world upside down and makes him question his one night stand approach to relationships. For the first time in his life he wants a proper relationship. And in order to persuade her he's boyfriend material, Clint has to change his attitude to love and romance. Is he a confirmed womaniser or will he settle down and be faithful to one woman for the rest of his life? 

Issy and EddieOTHER and childhood sweethearts, Issy (Lucy Davis) and Eddie (Shaun Dooley), have been together for 16 years and are blissfully happy. Eddie has actually proposed on 16 occasions, but each time he crashes and burns. Issy still refuses to wed Eddie, claiming she loves him too much to marry him. However, when she encounters an abusive husband, whilst working at the women's refuge, her opinion on life dramatically changes. She also never realised how much her young son, and child prodigy, Joe (Jack Scanlan) wanted her to marry his Dad until she finds his blue scrapbook containing all his research on weddings. This is a life changing moment for Issy as the impact of what she's discovered sinks in.

Married Single Other is a Left Bank Pictures production for ITV1 and is executive produced by Andy Harries and Francis Hopkinson, alongside writer Peter Souter and Hugo Heppell from Screen Yorkshire.

The 6 x 60 minute series was filmed in Leeds and produced by Radford Neville (Wuthering Heights) and directed by Declan Lowney (Cold Feet, Father Ted, Little Britain).

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