Series 4, Episode 8 (Cold Feet)

rdf:langString Series 4, Episode 8 (Cold Feet)

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rdf:langString The episode is set in Sydney, Australia

rdf:langString List of Cold Feet episodes

rdf:langString *Stephen Barlow as Obstetrician *Rob Carroll as Doctor *Susannah Doyle as Lucy Bradley *Peter Feeney as Stewart Mayhew *Emma Glasner as Receptionist *Rita Hafouri as Bouquet Driver *Holly Jones as Maree *Caz Lederman as Real Estate Agent *Christine MacNicol as Transvestite *Jillian O'Dowd as Wedding Celebrant *Sean Pertwee as Mark Cubitt *John Rawls as Anaesthetist *Gary Sweet as Rod Ellison *Sandy Winton as Shawn

rdf:langString Continuity was an absolute nightmare [...] You had actors walking through a door in Manchester and emerging onto a street in Sydney, and we had to make sure that they were wearing the same clothes, with the same skin tones, all the way through. Everything was packed into body bags and shipped out: wardrobe, accessories, and lots of Polaroids for reference.

rdf:langString Cold Feet

rdf:langString —Spencer Campbell on the complexities of filming in Sydney without Helen Baxendale

rdf:langString Series 4, Episode 8 is the final episode of the fourth series of the British comedy-drama television series Cold Feet. It was written by Mike Bullen, directed by Ciaran Donnelly, and was first broadcast on the ITV network on 10 December 2001. The plot follows on directly from the previous episode, as Adam and Rachel (James Nesbitt and Helen Baxendale), and Karen and David (Hermione Norris and Robert Bathurst) travel to Sydney, Australia for Pete and Jo's (John Thomson and Kimberley Joseph) impromptu wedding. Adam is sceptical that Pete is truly in love with Jo, and Jo's rich father Rod (Gary Sweet) suspects that Pete is only marrying her to get access to his money. Under pressure from Rod, Pete gets cold feet and he and Jo call off the wedding. The couple soon reconcile and marry with Rod's blessing. Meanwhile, David discovers that Karen has been having an affair with her colleague Mark (Sean Pertwee) and ends their marriage, and Rachel gives birth prematurely in a Sydney hospital. The episode was conceived by Mike Bullen and Cold Feet's executive producer Andy Harries in 2000. Both attended a television conference in Sydney and decided to contrive the main plot of the fourth series so the characters would end up in Australia. Helen Baxendale was pregnant and could not fly to Australia, so all scenes featuring Rachel were filmed in Manchester and Salford, England. After location scouting and casting around the Sydney area in May and July, production in Australia ran for 18 days in October 2001. Locations used included a heritage home in Vaucluse for the wedding scenes, Palm Beach for a beach barbecue scene, and outside the Sydney Opera House. The episode was watched by nearly nine million people on its original UK broadcast and received a mixed reaction from newspaper critics; some believed the trip to Sydney was an unnecessary jaunt for the cast and crew, others selected the episode as a "pick of the day". It also received mixed reviews in Australia and New Zealand. Kimberley Joseph's performance was praised, as was Gary Sweet's guest role. The episode represented the series when it won the award for Best Drama Series at the British Academy Television Awards 2002.

rdf:langString Series 4, Episode 8