In 2008, BBC One broadcast "Mutual Friends", a six-part television series written by Anil Gupta, which was compared to "Cold Feet". While the BBC wanted the series to match the success of "Cold Feet", producer Rob Bullock stressed that ""Cold Feet" is about a different period of life. It's about people in their early thirties. "Mutual Friends" moves things on—what's happening to our characters as they approach 40 is very different. Why do so many lives fall apart at 40? Because things haven't worked out how we hoped and we've had to turn to Plan B. The drama is all about the crisis caused by things not turning out as the characters planned." Later in 2008, ITV commissioned "Married Single Other", a comedy drama executive-produced by Andy Harries and directed by Declan Lowney, about three contemporary couples living in Leeds.