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Love in the 21st Century

  • 1999
  • Ended
  • Drama · Documentary
  • ~30m / ep
  • 1 season
  • 4.8/10

As sex becomes less of a taboo in the new century, relationships get more diverse, but love is still a complicated thing that tests various couples in this drama.

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  1. E1. Reproduction

    Jul 21, 1999 · 30m

    When Fay turns 30, her mother and sisters keep pressing her to have a baby. She chases some guys, has sex with them, and keeps their sperm in a bottle in the fridge, then selects the most suitable for self-fertilization.

  2. E2. Fantasies

    Jul 28, 1999 · 30m

    Anna is a nurse with an active imagination. She has a good relationship with boyfriend Sean, but that doesn't stop her fantasizing about more exciting sex.

  3. E3. Threesomes

    Aug 4, 1999 · 30m

    Louise and Kate are twenty-somethings who have been best mates since they were kids. They share everything: a flat in the funky part of Manchester; a market and a ...

  4. E4. Masturbation

    Aug 11, 1999 · 30m

    Jack and Amanda have been together for years and are still in love - they even still have great sex but it all begins to fall apart when Amanda catches Jack while masturbating fantasizing her best female friend, Claire.

  5. E5. Toy-Boys

    Aug 18, 1999 · 30m

    Bored married teacher Sarah begins to take an interest in a fifteen year old student called Ryan.

  6. E6. Commitment

    Aug 25, 1999 · 30m

    Ellie has got it all - great looks, bucket loads of confidence, her own business and a gorgeous solicitor boyfriend, Nick. But she wants a sense of permanency.