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Sitcom by Jack Docherty about three marriages in various states of disrepair.

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Jack Docherty

Kerry Godliman

John Thomson

Fiona Allen

Charlie Higson

Laura Aikman

Claire Jones

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1. The Third Way

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Fiona road tests Barney's theory about how to put the spark back in your marriage.

Fiona tries Barney's theory to put the spark back. Love, marriage and despair for three couples. Stars Jack Docherty. From 2016.

Fiona road tests Barney's theory about how to put the spark back in your marriage, much to Barney's annoyance. 

Meanwhile Evan is housebound, sitting in a rubber ring after breaking his coccyx. And David is worried his memory is failing, and he's trying everything under the sun to improve it.

Return of Jack Docherty's sitcom about three marriages in various states of disrepair.

Starring: 

Couple 1:

Barney ...... Jack Docherty
Cathy ...... Kerry Godliman

Couple 2:

Evan ...... John Thomson
Fiona ...... Fiona Allen

Couple 3:

David ...... Charlie Higson
Alice ...... Laura Aikman 


The set up: Barney and Cathy have been married for ages and it shows, Evan and Fiona's marriage is one big, noisy argument and David is old enough to be Alice's father.

Start/Stop follows the story of these three couples as they try to make the best of their marriages and friendships. The show is warm, smart and funny, and the characters are able to stop the action, explain themselves to the audience and start it all up again.

Producer: Claire Jones

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in July 2016.

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