Life Begins - Series 1 (DVD)

Maggie Mee - 39 and married with two children - thinks that her life is going well, until her husband Phil throws a spanner in the works. He isn't happy with the marriage and wants some time out to decide what he wants from life. Devastated, Maggie has no choice but to pick herself up and carry on for the sake of the children. Worse is to come when Maggie discovers that Phil is seeing someone - a successful blonde from his place of work - and that she is going to have to go back to work to make ends meet. Slowly, life begins to improve for Maggie though and she feels more hopeful about the future, aided by her new work colleagues and old friends. But will Phil come back ...  Read the complete review

Life Begins began its first series showing your everyday family setting off on holiday with friends. Phil is married to Maggie and they have two children, James and Becca who are approaching their teenage years. As far as Maggie is concerned it is going to be a normal holiday. That is until Phil tells her he is moving out. The holiday is cut short, much to the childrens dismay and Phil packs his bag and goes to stay with a friend from work. This pretty much leaves Maggie at a lose end. Something I imagine is extremely common in situations like these. She is left with the house, the children and the car, all which need money-something what she has very ...  Read the complete review

Who hasn't been there? The chances are that if you live in Britain you'll have some experience of divorce, be it your own or that of a friend, neighbour or family member. And it's painted as a really crappy thing. Interesting, then, that somebody should make a television drama about how a divorce can be the start of something great; a new lease of life. That's exactly what Cold Feet creator Mike Bullen has done with Life Begins. The series begins with the Mee family - Maggie (Caroline Quention) and Phil (Alexander Armstrong) taking their children Becca and James on holiday. However when they arrive it becomes apparent that Phil isn't happy, and he tells Maggie ...  Read the complete review