British comedy ... that many sitcoms in the early 2000s, such as Coupling and Cold Feet, centered entirely around dating and romantic entanglements. So, fans were free to immerse themselves ...

"The sitcom ... of old and new material?" asked comedian Viv Groskop in The Guardian. What has "actually been consigned to the history bin", she added, is the type of "watercooler British sitcom ...