Cold Feet

Cold Feet, Series 8, ITV, review - mortality lite

The cast return once more to pull sad faces and silly faces.

Cold Feet review

As ever, Mike Bullen's writing offers an astute understanding of the everyday travails of middle age.

Writer Mike Bullen's Manchester midlife comedy returns with a lively opener that sees both wedding and alarm bells ringing. David and Karen confront parenting problems, Pete turns lifesaver and, best of all, failing lothario Adam gets a lesson in how to embrace his age and why it's OK to go on Tinder.

Cold Feet: still radiating warmth after all these years

Wedding bells were ringing on Cold Feet (ITV) but for whom? The series opened with an irresistible sequence set at a handsome North Wales wedding venue, teasing us that one of the central characters was getting hitched. Again.

Cold Feet beginning to show its age

The old gang are back - again - but the frailties of middle age make for more mordant TV than the mishaps of youth.

Cold Feet Series 8 preview

The series eight opener had everything I love about Cold Feet in it.

Cold Feet: Learning from 'mistakes' of last series

It's just more than two years since Cold Feet returned to a warm reception from critics and fans alike, following a 13-year hiatus.

Odd how quickly Cold Feet has gone from returning novelty to seeming snuggly and comforting, sort of the televisual equivalent of a sofa you bought a few years ago. Which is no bad thing, of course, what with it being a drama about family and friendship. The conclusion to series two of the reboot finds Tina arranging to meet Sarah, Adam offering Pete some relationship advice and David reacting when his daughters are threatened.

While Adam tries to calm his affair with co-worker Sarah, he also finds himself in the somewhat awkward situation of having to masturbate into a small paper cup to assess his sperm count when Tina finds out she's still not pregnant. It's worth noting he does not do these things at the same time. Meanwhile, Karen goes on a blind date and Adam and Pete's 50th finds the gang heading to a posh manor. It goes swimmingly (it doesn't).