Human Remains

30min

Comedy

Black comedy documenting the relationships of six unusual couples in the style of a fly-on-the-wall documentary.

Production Companies

Baby Cow Productions

BBC

Episodes

Cast

An English Squeak

1. An English Squeak

30min

13th Nov 2000

The first episode centres on an upper-crust but down trodden husband, Peter and his uncaring wife, Flick, who suffers from a rather convenient sexual disorder.

Slither In

2. Slither In

30min

20th Nov 2000

This edition features a happily married, middle-aged couple who run their own guest house in the Black Country - as well as organizing swinging parties for S&M enthusiasts.

All Over My Glasses

3. All Over My Glasses

30min

27th Nov 2000

This edition focuses on Michelle and Stephen, who live in a working-class community in the Welsh valleys.

Straight as a Flute

4. Straight as a Flute

30min

4th Dec 2000

Beverlee and Tony are religious zealots. They love their four dogs, but hate their neighbours. Tony is the manager of a bathroom retail outlet and Beverlee has a mobile hairdressing business. In their spare time they evangelise, and deliver curly sausage casseroles to the local vicar.

Hairless

5. Hairless

30min

11th Dec 2000

Neurotic Barne and wannabe rock chic Fonte invite the cameras into their home to prove that they have a thoroughly modern relationship. Fonte just wants her 15 minutes of fame, but Barne finds that being filmed is a useful form of therapy.

More Than Happy

6. More Than Happy

30min

18th Dec 2000

A south-coast couple who run a shop selling everything from sandwiches to bras are approaching their eighth wedding anniversary. Husband Ray has always wanted to go on a cruise, so wife Les arranges a trip on a cross-channel ferry. But the fate of the couple's twins remains unexplained.

First air date

13th Nov 2000

Last air date

18th Dec 2000

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks