If marriage rates in the UK take a sudden nosedive, the BBC may well be responsible. “God, if this is married life, I want no part in it,” tweeted one viewer.
Marriage, starring Sean Bean and Nicola Walker, has firmly split the audience with its unbelievably realistic depiction of a three-decade relationship and all the mundane intimacy that comes with it.
From the simmering tension while loading the dishwasher, to an argument over a jacket potato that escalates to epic proportions (it wasn’t about the potato, it’s never about the potato…) and discussions about holey underwear, those in long-term relationships will relate.
