This Life

This Life was created by Amy Jenkins and revolved around a group of young lawyers sharing a house. Debuting in 1996, it drew attention for its rather relaxed attitude to sex (especially homosexual sex) and drug taking.

The housemates:

Milly: Solicitor, in a relationship with Egg. Cheats on him with her boss.

Egg: In a relationship with Milly. Starts off as a solicitor before quitting and getting a job in a cafe.

Miles: Barrister, bit of a dick. Secretly in love with Anna.

Anna: Barrister, her desire to succeed is matched only by her ability to screw up. Secretly in love with Miles.

Warren: Barrister, gay, loses his job over an incident in a public toilet.

Ferdy: Motorcycle courier, somewhat confused about his sexuality. Has a one-night stand with Warren and rejects him. Moves into the house when Warren goes abroad.

A ten-year reunion special was broadcast in 2006. Reactions were less than positive, with most feeling the special was a poor shadow of the original series. The fact that the plot, which had the cast going to stay at a country house in the aftermath of a funeral, was a little too close to the plot of Peter's Friends didn't help matters much.

This show contains examples of the following tropes:

 * All Gays Are Promiscuous: Warren.
 * Blondes Are Evil: Rachel and Delilah.
 * Hey It's That Guy: Egg is Rick Grimes, Miles is Commander Norrington.
 * Man Child: Egg.
 * Manipulative Bitch: Rachel
 * Megaton Punch: A particularly famous example occurs in the finale.
 * The Snark Knight: Anna, so very, very much.