The ten-minute-long episodes of the BBC’s new comedy about infidelity are funny, they’re well acted – and they’re based on quite the plot twist
Nothing sets the heart racing in quite the same way. The anticipation, the excitement, the apprehension – the risk of being hurt again. The fluttering prospect that this one, this time, could be something special. Yes, we’re watching a new romantic comedy-drama, Cheaters (BBC One).
Josh (Joshua McGuire) and Fola (Susan Wokoma) meet, pretty cutely, in an airport, when their flight back from Finland is delayed. He annoys her – accidentally, by spilling her coffee, then self-righteously, by interfering in an argument she is having with an airline employee. Later on, frustrated and stranded for the night, the pair meet again by chance in a hotel bar. They end up in bed, and not in a Steve Martin/John Candy way. Josh has already said he has a longterm girlfriend, who has recently cheated on him; in the morning, Fola shocks him by saying she is married.
