Cold Feet is a British
comedy-drama television series produced by
Granada Television for the
ITV network. The series was created and principally written by
Mike Bullen as a follow-up to his award-winning 1997
Comedy Premiere of the same name. The storyline follows three couples experiencing the ups-and-downs of romance. Adam Williams and
Rachel Bradley (
James Nesbitt and
Helen Baxendale) are a new couple who go through dating, marriage and the birth of a child. Pete and Jenny Gifford (
John Thomson and
Fay Ripley) are a married couple with a newborn son; they experience parenthood, adultery, separation and eventually divorce when Jenny leaves for a job in New York. Pete starts a new relationship with Jo Ellison (
Kimberley Joseph). Karen and David Marsden (
Hermione Norris and
Robert Bathurst) live an upper-middle-class lifestyle, employing a nanny for their son and holding dinner parties with friends. Their marriage disintegrates after each has an affair.