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Simon Duke

BBC's Marriage sparks major complaint from viewers as they hit out at Sean Bean drama

It arrived on BBC on Sunday night after a lot of hype, but it took just moments for many viewers to make the same complaint about new Sean Bean. And it's all to do with the show's theme tune, with some annoyed online critics claiming they had to turn it off.

Just over a year on from his critically acclaimed and BAFTA award winning star turn in gritty prison drama Time, Sean is back on the BBC in the new show, with the Marriage cast also including The Split and Unforgotten star Nicola Walker, herself a big favourite with fans and critics alike. The acting greats play opposite each other as married couple Ian and Emma, who have been together for 30 years.

Marriage looks at the highs and lows and tender moments and squabbles of their long-standing relationship, with Sunday's first episode featuring a rather bizarre argument about a jacket potato as the couple were boarding a plane to head home from a holiday abroad. There was also a rather fraught exchange between Ian and the new boyfriend of the couple's daughter Jessica.

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