All three group of the BBC Radio 4 comedy about love, relationship and despair, initially broadcast on BBC Radio 4 as ‘Start/Stop’.

Barney and Cathy. Evan and Fiona. David and Alice. Three lovers who’ve beaten the odds and stayed married – but can be that simply because they haven’t got around to divorcing yet? They’ve certainly got more than enough problems to deal with – Barney and his spouse have been together for ages (and it shows), Evan discovers that sparks are constantly traveling with Fiona (rather than about It’s Not Us, It’s Them: Series 1-3: A BBC Radio 4 Comedy Drama often in a great way), and David is usually afraid his sexy, very much more youthful wife will keep him for someone (anyone) else.

In these three series, we follow this group of friends throughout weekends away and tricky date nights, weddings and funerals, Christmas celebrations and counselling classes – which give them a lot of opportunity for flirting, fighting, competitiveness and reprehensible behaviour. We listen in to their innermost thoughts, emotions and motivations because they break the 4th wall: halting the action, detailing themselves towards the audience, then starting it all up again…

Compiled by award-winning comedian, actor and writer Jack port Docherty, who plays Barney, this warm, smart and funny sitcom was a radio strike, and was modified for TV as part of BBC One’s ‘Comedy Playhouse’ strand. It celebrities Charlie Higson as David, Jon Thomson as Evan, Kerry Godliman as Cathy, Fiona Allen as Fiona, and Katherine Parkinson, Sally Bretton and Laura Aikman as Alice. Guest stars consist of Jon Briggs, Sanjeev Bhaskar and John Sparkes.

Cast

Barney……………………Jack port Docherty

Cathy……………………Kerry Godliman

Fiona……………………Fiona Allen

David……………………Charlie Higson

Evan……………………Jon Thomson

Alice……………………Katherine Parkinson/Sally Bretton/Laura Aikman

Tone of voice of Barney’s smartphone……………………Jon Briggs

Therapist……………………Sanjeev Bhaskar

Cathy’s Father……………………John Sparkes

Written by Jack Docherty

Produced by Steven Canny (Series 1) and Claire Jones (Series 2 and 3)

First broadcast BBC Radio 4: 6 Sept-11 October 2013, (Series 1), 10 November-29 December 2014 (Series 2), 29 July-2 Sept 2016 (Series 3)

This programme was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 as ‘Start/Stop’