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. Written by

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with Sue Vertue, the show's producer. Martin Dennis directed all 28 episodes for Hartswood Films. The first episode was transmitted on 12 May 2000, and the final transmitted on 14 June 2004. The first three series were first broadcast on

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and sexual adventures and mishaps of six friends in their thirties, often depicting the three women and the three men each talking amongst themselves about the same events, but in entirely different terms.

Series overview

Episodes

Series 1 (2000)

Series 2 (2001)

Series 3 (2002)

Series 4 (2004)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Coupling Episodes, List of BBC-related lists Lists of British romance television series episodes Lists of British sitcom episodes Lists of sex comedy television series episodes