Mutual Friends is a British comedy drama television series broadcast in six episodes on BBC One in from 26 August until 30 September 2008. The series starred Marc Warren, Alexander Armstrong, Keeley Hawes, Sarah Alexander, Claire Rushbrook, Emily Joyce, Naomi Bentley and Joshua Sarphie as a group of old friends whose lives are thrown into chaos when one of their group commits suicide.
Marc Warren depicts a terminally useless solicitor Martin, whose life as a lawyer, husband to Jen (Keeley Hawes) and father to Dan (Joshua Sarphie) is thrown into turmoil as a consequence of his friends' various mid-life crises, starting with the suicide of his best friend Karl, who was guilt-ridden following his affair with Jen. Martin's other best friend, the suave, unreliable chancer Patrick (Alexander Armstrong), throws the situation into more chaos.
Series cast summary:
Marc Warren as Martin Grantham - 6 episodes, 2008
Keeley Hawes as Jen Grantham - 6 episodes, 2008
Alexander Armstrong as Patrick Turner - 6 episodes, 2008
Claire Rushbrook as Leigh Cato - 6 episodes, 2008
Joshua Sarphie as Dan Grantham - 6 episodes, 2008
Sarah Alexander as Liz - 6 episodes, 2008
Rhashan Stone as Dev - 6 episodes, 2008
Naomi Bentley as Anita - 6 episodes, 2008
Lee Ross as Harry Seed - 6 episodes, 2008
Emily Joyce as Sarah - 6 episodes, 2008
Alistair Petrie as Carl Cato - 4 episodes, 2008
Thomas Byrne as Conor Cato - 4 episodes, 2008
Patric Knowles as James - 3 episodes, 2008
Ruben Crow as Tom - 2 episodes, 2008
Paul Thornley as Darren - 2 episodes, 2008
Karen Paullada as Policewoman - 2 episodes, 2008
Most of the show was filmed in Henley. Filming for the court scene in episode two was filmed in Bracknell in the summer of 2008 at Bracknell's police station.
The series was not recommissioned by the BBC due to low ratings. Anil Gupta also attributed the demise of the series to the departure of Peter Fincham, the controller of BBC One, in 2008.
The series was nominated for Best TV Comedy Drama at the British Comedy Awards 2008.
The series has been released on a two-disc DVD set by 2 Entertain.