Tryst with a twist

Youssef Kerkour and Katherine Parkinson star in an unconventional love story

- NICK CANNON, CAREN CLARK, NATASHA HOLT, TESS LAMACRAFT IAN MACEWAN

NEW COMEDY DRAMA

Significant Other

From Thursday 8 June, ITVX

The course of true love never did run smooth – and that’s certainly the case in new ITVX comedy drama Significant Other.

When depressed father-of-two Sam (Youssef Kerkour) – whose relationship with wife Shelley (Kelle Bryan) has broken down – can no longer see the point in living, he decides to take drastic action. Meanwhile, as the six-part series opens, his neighbour Anna (Katherine Parkinson) is having a terrifying health emergency.

LIFE OR DEATH 

‘I’d describe it as an unromantic romantic comedy,’ says Kerkour. ‘It begins with Sam taking a load of pills and trying to kill himself.