Marriage BBC1, August

TWO of Britain’s most beloved actors, Nicola Walker and Sean Bean, left, give a funny and revealing portrait of marriage.

Ian and Emma deal with insecurities, hopes and fears over three decades in the fourepisode drama.

The show explores the risks as well as the gifts of being in a long-term intimate relationship.

James Bolam is Emma’s father, Henry Lloyd-Hughes is Emma’s boss and Chantelle Alle plays the couple’s daughter.