Cold Feet
British TVThe British television sensibility: tone, restraint and format traditions.This show: 9/10BittersweetJoy and loss mixed so thoroughly they can't be separated.This show: 8/10Ensemble castMany characters carrying equal weight.This show: 8/10Contemporary lifeRecognizably the present day, ordinary life included.This show: 7/10Witty banterRapid-fire verbal sparring.This show: 7/10Love storyA love story as the engine of the show, not a side plot.This show: 7/10
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Starring
James NesbittRobert BathurstJohn ThomsonHermione NorrisFay RipleyHelen Baxendale
Written by
Mike Bullen
Starring
James NesbittRobert BathurstJohn ThomsonHermione NorrisFay RipleyHelen Baxendale
Written by
Mike Bullen
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Cold Feet Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 8.1 | |||
| S2 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 8.3 | |||
| S3 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 8.1 | |
| S4 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 8.0 | |
| S5 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 7.9 | 8.5 | 8.4 | |||||
| S6 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.8 | 8.3 | 8.6 | |
| S7 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 8.4 | ||
| S8 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 8.6 | 8.0 | |||
| S9 | 8.2 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 8.4 |
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About
"Friends aging in real time, laughs and heartbreak together"
Cold Feet follows a group of Manchester friends and couples navigating dating, marriage, parenthood, career setbacks and grief over more than two decades. It began as a sharp, funny look at thirtysomethings figuring out relationships, then aged with its cast into stories about affairs, illness and loss. The tone balances genuine warmth and quick British wit with sudden gut-punch sadness, often within the same episode. It rewards patience across its run, since the show leans on long-term familiarity with these people rather than plot twists, making later seasons hit harder if you've watched from the start.
Watch it for
the way ordinary friendships and marriages feel lived-in rather than written, aging naturally across decades.
Maybe skip if
you want tight plotting rather than loosely connected slices of these characters' lives.
Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.
All Seasons
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Series 11998
8.198875h 47m
Karen looks for escapism from her stable, wealthy but dull life, whilst David, her husband, is a workaholic who believes he can do his parenting via fax. Jenny and Pete Gifford find that a baby brings dramatic changes to their relationship and can Rachel, a smart career woman, cure Adam's commitment phobia?
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Series 21999
8.038264h 48m
Six months on, the gang continue to struggle with their assorted problems. Adam's life has descended into bachelor squalor, Pete and Jenny are having marriage problems and Dave is made redundant.
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Series 32000
8.044386h 19m
There's the patter of tiny feet as David and Karen re-discover the joys of parenthood. To help out, Karen's mother flies in from Spain to offer assistance — with a bottle of gin in one hand and a cigarette in the other. Adam and Rachel are now happily living together after a passionate reconciliation.
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Series 42001
7.639885h 56m
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Series 52003
8.326744h 59m
Six months on from the Australian trip, Adam and Rachel are learning about family life, Pete and Jo return to find life with the mother-in-law is not as sunny as Sydney, and David and Karen discover that an amicable divorce is not as easy as it might seem.
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Series 62016
8.472986h 2m
Series six rejoins the intertwining lives of Adam, Jenny, Pete, Karen, and David. As they battle against life's everyday challenges, something greater looms - midlife. At 45 and up, the last time any of them dreamt about the future feels like decades past. How happy are they with where they are now? Is there hope for someone who is just over the hill, unmarried, and a single parent? They're nearly 50, so why don't any of them feel like grown-ups yet?
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Series 72017
8.048571h 29m
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Series 82019
8.347263h 33m
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Series 92020
8.235162h 31m
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
James Nesbitt Adam Williams
Robert Bathurst David Marsden
John Thomson Pete Gifford
Hermione Norris Karen Marsden
Fay Ripley Jenny Gifford
Helen Baxendale Rachel Bradley
Jacey Salles Ramona, Ramona Ramirez
Daisy Edgar-Jones Olivia Marsden
Jack Harper Adam Gifford
Ceallach Spellman Matthew Williams
Crew
Mike Bullen
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