Q 01/05

Which Sheffield-born actor plays Jeff Murdock in the first three series of Coupling?

A) Stephen Mangan

B) Richard Coyle

C) Lee Ingleby

D) Mackenzie Crook

Answer · why

B) Richard Coyle

Richard Coyle got his big break as Jeff in 2000, three years after graduating from the Bristol Old Vic drama course.

Q 02/05

In Coupling, Jeff's 'giggle loop' theory is tested when the gang attends which occasion for Jane's family?

A) A wedding

B) A christening

C) A graduation

D) A funeral

Answer · why

D) A funeral

A funeral, for Jane's aunt, is where the giggle loop strikes: Jeff's name for the urge to laugh at exactly the wrong moment hits the least likely memb...

Q 03/05

In Coupling, what does Jeff falsely claim to have while chatting to a woman on his commuter train?

A) A wooden leg

B) A glass eye

C) A twin brother

D) A pilot's licence

Answer · why

A) A wooden leg

A wooden leg is Jeff's lie, and it backfires when the woman reveals that her brother is an amputee and introduces Jeff to his support group.

Q 04/05

In Coupling's 'The Girl with Two Breasts', which language is the only one spoken by the woman Jeff meets?

A) Russian

B) Arabic

C) Hebrew

D) Turkish

Answer · why

C) Hebrew

Hebrew is all she speaks, so half the episode plays in it, replaying the pair's chat from her side to show how the confusion grows.

Q 05/05

Which Scottish writer created Coupling, basing the sitcom on how he met his own wife?

A) Steven Moffat

B) Armando Iannucci

C) Graham Linehan

D) David Renwick

Answer · why

A) Steven Moffat

Steven Moffat wrote all 28 episodes himself, drawing on the early days of his own relationship for the central couple.