Life Begins

Caroline Quentin

Maggie Mee

Alexander Armstrong

Phil Mee

Anne Reid

Brenda Thornhill

Michelle Holmes

Genevieve

Finlay Robertson

Kevin

Seasons

Season 1

6 episodes

Premiered Feb 16, 2004

Season 2

8 episodes

Premiered Feb 16, 2005

Season 3

6 episodes

Premiered Sep 4, 2006

Episodes

1–6 of 6

Ep 1

Maggie & Phil

Feb 16, 2004

During a holiday with friends Clare and Guy, Phil Mee tells his wife Maggie that he's leaving her. And when he moves out and gets his own flat, finances force her to look for a job.

Ep 2

Maggie, Brenda & Eric

Feb 23, 2004

Maggie starts work at the travel agency, but finds she's no good at her job and then explodes when Phil comes in to book a romantic weekend break with Anna. Boss Jeff is prepared to let her go – but colleagues Karen and Helen launch a protest. Meanwhile, Maggie learns about her father’s serious health problems.

Ep 3

Maggie, Kathleen & Sam

Mar 1, 2004

Maggie and Phil see a mediator (Sam Kelly) to divide up the assets but Maggie discovers Phil is being less than honest about his earnings and she threatens to bring in the Child Support Agency. Later, she goes out with her colleagues – who now regard her as Mother Hen – and she wakes up with a sexy young man.

Ep 4

Maggie, Clare & Guy

Mar 8, 2004

Maggie is embarrassed about asking for the morning-after pill following her one-night stand with Smudge. She decides she needs companionship not sex, so her friends arrange for her to meet a blind date at a dinner party, but then Maggie starts spending time with Guy (jogging, climbing, motorbiking), making Clare jealous. Maggie is also angry that Anna has moved in with Phil, while the kids are exploiting the situation.

Ep 5

Maggie & Helen

Mar 15, 2004

Maggie goes speed dating with Helen (Chloe Howman) but it's a disaster for them both and Phil isn't happy when he finds out from the kids and Anna thinks she's just doing it to make Phil jealous. But Maggie's love life takes an upturn when she is approached by James’s history teacher Paul Winston (Danny Webb).

Ep 6

Maggie & Paul

Mar 22, 2004