Coupling was written by former Doctor Who writer Steven Moffat, and tells the tale of Jack Davenport (Commodore or ‘the posh one’ in Pirates of the Caribbean) as Steve and Sarah Alexander (who’s in too much to name) as Susan, and recounts their relationship, from meeting until the birth of their first child, based loosely on the experiences of Steven Moffat’s relationship with the show’s producer Sue Vertue. As the couple begin their relationship they realise they are going to have to take each other’s baggage for the ride too and it is here where the comedy lies.