The opening scene of episode one, series one, of Sharon Horgan’s
Pulling, shows her character Donna giving her long term boyfriend a very uninterested handjob, and not even realising when he’s done. She calls off their wedding the week before it’s due to take place, and launches herself into what she’s sure will be her new, exciting life as a single woman.
Donna moves in with her only two fun pals, Karen (a car crash with some of the best drunk acting I’ve ever seen, played by Tanya Franks), and Louise, who’s looking for love, unsuccessfully). And thus, the greatest sitcom ever made is born. Just three women in Penge, south London, dating and shagging their way through their early thirties and navigating all the crap life throws at them.