with John Pitman
Six love stories about six very different couples. 3: Claire and Desmond Agony aunt Claire Rayner has been married for 26 years. Desmond is a failed actor who wants to be a painter-a personality in his own right.
He's a gentle, affable man.
Shy and retiring. Almost the exact opposite of his bouncing, ebullient wife.
But sometimes the roles are reversed. When he gets his first exhibition, the confident Claire is a bag of nerves.
Friends say they have 'the perfect marriage'. They are not so sure. 'I think perhaps we are too close; that we rely on each other too much', says Claire. 'And we're always afraid that something will come along to spoil it.'
Series producer EDWARD MIRZOEFF Director PETER GRIMSDALE