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Alex Taylor (Stephen Mangan) works for CMA, a successful talent agency. Whilst he is grateful for his job, he is currently going through a messy divorce, causing him to become depressed. His boss however, Stephen Cauldwell (Anthony Head), is sex-obsessed, cocksure and roguish. Alex later meets Helen Ryan (Sharon Horgan), a co-worker who is more successful and herself recovering from a messy relationship, after her boyfriend died months before her wedding.
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Episode 1
23 mins
Helen Ryan and recently-divorced Alex Taylor work at the talent agency run by lecherous Stephen Caudwell and,after a drink-fuelled evening,wake up in bed together. Helen sees no future in their relationship but Alex is desperately keen - chiefly because he is homeless and needs a girlfriend to move in with. A visit to the off-licence makes Helen a little more agreeable but Alex spoils everything by crying at the thought of his children.





