State of the Union

<p><b>*THE SIDE-SPLITTING NEW COMIC SHORT FROM ONE OF BRITAIN'S BEST-LOVED WRITERS, NOW A MAJOR BBC TV SERIES*</b><br><b>______________________________ </b><br><br>'It is as <b>honest and multi-faceted</b> an examination and appreciation of marriage as you could hope to find' <i>The Guardian</i> on Hornby's script adaptation<br><br>Each week, Tom and Louise meet for a quick drink in the pub before they go to meet their marriage counsellor. Married for years and with two children, a recent incident has exposed the fault lines in their relationship in a way that Tom, for one, does not wish to think about.<br><br>In the ten minutes in the pub they talk about the agenda for the session, what they talked about last week, what they will definitely <i>not </i>talk about with the counsellor, and how much better off they are than the couple whose counselling slot immediately precedes their own. <br><br>Over the ten weeks that follow Tom and Louise begin to wonder: what if marriage is like a computer? When you take it apart to see how it works you might just be left with a million pieces you can't put back together . . .</p> <p><b>*THE SIDE-SPLITTING NEW COMIC SHORT FROM ONE OF BRITAIN'S BEST-LOVED WRITERS, NOW A MAJOR BBC TV SERIES*</b><br><b>______________________________ </b><br><br>'It is as <b>honest and multi-faceted</b> an examination and appreciation of marriage as you could hope to find' <i>The Guardian</i> on Hornby's script adaptation<br><br>Each week, Tom and Louise meet for a quick drink in the pub before they go to meet their marriage counsellor. Married for years and with two children, a recent incident has exposed the fault lines in their relationship in a way that Tom, for one, does not wish to think about.<br><br>In the ten minutes in the pub they talk about the agenda for the session, what they talked about last week, what they will definitely <i>not </i>talk about with the counsellor, and how much better off they are than the couple whose counselling slot immediately precedes their own. <br><br>Over the ten weeks that follow Tom and Louise begin to wonder: what if marriage is like a computer? When you take it apart to see how it works you might just be left with a million pieces you can't put back together . . .</p>