Coupling: Series 2, Episode 8 - Naked - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)

Jeff's rather fallen for a woman at the office, and it seems that she's keen on him too. But she's a senior partner at the firm, and just as rubbish at talking to the opposite gender as he is...

Further details

Jeff has finally found his female counterpart, a woman who can't help blurting out ridiculous things if she's attracted to someone. It seems that their mutual uselessness will prevent either of them from asking each other out. To make matters worse, Julia is a senior manager at his firm. After a sequence of typical Jeff blunders, he is in despair. Steve comes to the rescue and tells Julia that Jeff is in fact very keen on her.

Julia kisses Jeff and he thinks that his luck has at last changed. She leads him blindfolded into a conference room, and Jeff assumes that she has lured him there to have sex. He does an ecstatic strip tease. Unfortunately, Julia was leading him into his surprise birthday party. Everyone files out in mortified silence but Julia makes amends by doing a private striptease of her own for Jeff.

Broadcast details

Date

Monday 22nd October 2001

Time

10pm

Channel

BBC Two

Length

30 minutes

Cast & crew

Cast

Jack Davenport Steve
Gina Bellman Jane
Sarah Alexander Susan
Kate Isitt Sally
Ben Miles Patrick
Richard Coyle Jeff

Guest cast

Lou Gish Julia
Anwen Williams Jeff's Mother
Ian Ralph Boss
Mike Sherman Jeff's Colleague
Suzann McLean Jeff's Colleague
Ewan Watson Jeff's Colleague
Ben Homewood Waiter
Simon Clayton Policeman

Writing team

Steven Moffat Writer

Production team

Martin Dennis Director
Sue Vertue Producer
Geoffrey Perkins Executive Producer
Beryl Vertue Executive Producer
Mykola Pawluk Editor
Andrew Howe-Davies Production Designer
Simon Brint Composer