Series 4 (2001)
The storyline for the fourth series was conceived by Mike Bullen and Andy Harries while they were on a speaking tour of Australia; Bullen wanted to set an episode in Sydney because it was "a nice place to go". Fay Ripley left the series in Episode 2, so a replacement cast member, Kimberley Joseph as Jo Ellison, was introduced in Episode 1. Over the series, Pete and Jo fall in love and get married in Sydney in Episode 8. The episode was filmed on location in Sydney in October 2001. Bullen wrote it as a normal episode of Cold Feet that just happened to be set in Australia. This episode was extended to fill a 90-minute timeslot. Episodes 1–3 were directed by Tim Whitby, Episodes 4–6 by Paul Kousoulides and Episodes 7 and 8 by Ciaran Donnelly.
| No. | Episode | Writer(s) | Director | Viewers (millions) | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | Episode 1 | Mike Bullen | Tim Whitby | 9.24 | 18 November 2001 (2001-11-18) |
| Karen and David remain on amicable terms following his affair, though both have separate bedrooms. Karen strikes up a friendship with Rachel's Australian workmate, Jo Ellison, and Jenny and Pete are expecting a second child. She is asked to go on a fact-finding trip in Rome by Owen Claiborne, the owner of the hotel chain she works for. In Rome, Jenny spends all her time working, leaving Pete to see the sights alone. Back in Manchester, she tells Pete that Claiborne offered her a job in New York. She turns it down, but has second thoughts when an antenatal scan reveals that she has miscarried the baby. Rachel and Adam agree to try child adoption. | |||||
| 22 | Episode 2 | Mike Bullen | Tim Whitby | 6.96 | 19 November 2001 (2001-11-19) |
| Karen has started drinking heavily and her arguments with David lead Ramona to seek alternative employment. She starts working at a strip club in the evenings and as a nanny for the Marsdens' neighbours in the day. After Adam and Rachel attend their first adoption meeting, Jane shows up in the town centre. She later tells Adam that she contrived the meeting in order to see him. Jenny tells Pete that she is going to take the New York job afterall. David sees a therapist and becomes optimistic; he offers Ramona her old job back and believes everything with Karen will be fine. She asks him to move out. Jenny leaves for New York with Little Adam and without Pete. | |||||
| 23 | Episode 3 | Mike Bullen | Tim Whitby | 8.96 | 25 November 2001 (2001-11-25) |
| When Karen holds a girls' night in, she gets drunk and insults an old friend. David is living with Pete and still seeing a therapist. Karen asks Pete out for a night of drinking and clubbing. He agrees but is worried about her excessive alcohol consumption. After she drinks several glasses of wine at Josh's school violin recital, she drives into a parked car. David is angry and tells her she is reckless. She agrees to seek professional help and is surprised to see David coming out of the therapist's office when she arrives to make an appointment. When Jane tells Rachel she is leaving Manchester, Adam accidentally blurts out that he kissed her in Northern Ireland. | |||||
| 24 | Episode 4 | Mike Bullen and Mark Chappell | Paul Kousoulides | 7.21 | 26 November 2001 (2001-11-26) |
| Rachel is still not speaking to Adam after his revelation in the previous episode. David reminds her that Adam did not sleep with Jane, but she did sleep with Kris, and Adam forgave her. She and Adam reconcile and are soon celebrating the success of their adoption application. Their social worker, Ruth, introduces them to eight-year-old Laura, who she believes they will get along with. Rachel later discovers that she is pregnant. Pete gets a dog for company now that Jenny has gone. Pete's mother, Audrey, has been forgetful lately, and is afraid for her safety. Pete moves her into sheltered housing. Karen allows David to move back in to the house. | |||||
| 25 | Episode 5 | Mike Bullen | Paul Kousoulides | 9.79 | 2 December 2001 (2001-12-02) |
| Jo loses her job and flat and moves into Pete's spare room. At a barbecue to celebrate Rachel's pregnancy, Adam guesses that Pete likes Jo. Jo starts an aerobics class and Pete becomes jealous when she starts seeing Suggs, one of his co-workers who also attends her class. Adam and Rachel tell Ruth about the pregnancy, and she withdraws their adoption application. At a drinks party, Karen meets publisher Mark Cubitt, and she agrees to read over a manuscript written by his wife, Geraldine. At dinner with them, she realises she is attracted to him. | |||||
| 26 | Episode 6 | Mike Bullen | Paul Kousoulides | 8.03 | 3 December 2001 (2001-12-03) |
| Rachel goes to New York to visit Jenny, so Adam holds a poker night with his friends. The gambling bug bites, and he spends the night at a casino with Ramona. Pete buys himself an MG to distract himself from Jo and Suggs. Jo later splits up with Suggs. David buys Karen a racehorse for her birthday without realising how expensive it is to keep. He hopes to recover some costs when it gets good odds at Chester, but it ends up going lame. At the races, Karen and Mark kiss. After "borrowing" Pete's car, Adam spends the night with a woman, who humiliates him at the races when he pretends to not know her. | |||||
| 27 | Episode 7 | Mike Bullen | Ciaran Donnelly | 8.83 | 9 December 2001 (2001-12-09) |
| Karen spends the afternoon in a hotel room with Mark. Geraldine tells Karen that Mark has had other affairs but he tells Karen that he is prepared to leave Geraldine to be with her. Every time Pete and Jo try to have sex, he stops, afraid that he will not be good enough for her. Jo confides in Rachel that she loves Pete, but leaves for Australia when her visa runs out. Natalie tells David to make a list of employees to make redundant. Hard pressed to come up with a good list, he puts everyone's name down, including his own. His boss congratulates him on his choices—and fires Natalie. Adam and Rachel are woken in the night when Pete phones them from Sydney to tell them that he and Jo are engaged. | |||||
| 28 | Episode 8 | Mike Bullen | Ciaran Donnelly | 8.95 | 10 December 2001 (2001-12-10) |
| In Sydney, Pete meets Jo's father, Rod, who tries to pay Pete to not marry his daughter. David begins making plans to move the family to Sydney when he sees how much Karen likes the city. Mark follows Karen to Australia and tells David about the affair. David is distraught, and ends his and Karen's marriage. Pete and Jo marry in a ceremony on the beach. Rachel goes into premature labour outside the hotel and gives birth to baby Matthew at the hospital. David flies home alone. |
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