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Mutual Friends

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Martin's comfortable world is upturned by his friend's mid-life crises, beginning with his best friend's suicide, and the secret affair he had with Martin's wife.

Aug 26, 20081 seasons6 episodesCanceledEN

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Alexander Armstrong

Patrick Turner

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Marc Warren

Martin Grantham

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Keeley Hawes

Jen Grantham

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Lee Ross

Harry Seed

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Emily Joyce

Sarah

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Sarah Alexander

Liz

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Thomas Byrne

Conor Cato

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Claire Rushbrook

Leigh Cato

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Seasons

Season 1

6 episodes

Premiered Aug 26, 2008

Episodes

1–6 of 6

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Ep 1

Episode 1

Aug 26, 2008

After the suicide of his best friend, Carl, solicitor Martin's (Marc Warren) world falls apart when his wife, Jen (Keeley Hawes), tells him at the funeral that she slept with his now dead friend.

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Ep 2

Episode 2

Sep 2, 2008

Patrick (Alexander Armstrong ) tries to help Martin (Marc Warren) cope with his marital problems by subjecting him to an energetic reintroduction to the life of a single man, involving vigorous mountain bike-riding, rounds of golf and marathon computer games sessions – fueled by a diet of pizza, beer and skunk – as the comedy drama continues.

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Ep 3

Episode 3

Sep 9, 2008

Following his massive intake of cannabinoids, Martin (Marc Warren) leaves hospital and is reconciled with Jen (Keeley Hawes), but he's frustrated when she won't have sex with him, as the comedy drama continues.

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Ep 4

Episode 4

Sep 16, 2008

Comedy-drama series following the lives of a group of old friends. Jen and Martin start trying for a baby, but Martin struggles to deliver the goods. To make matters worse, his now-pregnant boss Sarah threatens to fire him unless he brings in more business. News of Sarah's pregnancy comes as a shock to Patrick, with whom she's been having an affair - but he's even more surprised when the identity of the baby's father is revealed.

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Ep 5

Episode 5

Sep 23, 2008

Comedy-drama series following the lives of a group of old friends. Although Jen persuades a jobless Martin to meet her employer Darren, he considers the jobs on offer to be 'beneath him' and reluctantly volunteers to teach reading at Dan's school. Patrick talks Martin into taking on his case against Harry over the ownership of Qcumba while Sarah acts on behalf of Harry, who offers Patrick a large pay-off if he agrees to stay away from Liz.

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Ep 6

Episode 6

Sep 30, 2008

The wedding looms and there is an atmosphere of impending mayhem as everyone converges on the country house hotel for the reception. Humiliatingly, Martin is now a dogsbody at Harry's beck and call, and even has to take on the job of stand-in when the first choice for best man misses his flight. But he is pleasantly surprised when his schoolboy crush, the gorgeous Ally, is one of the wedding guests.