Cold Feet is a British comedy-drama television series that ran from 1998 to 2003. It was created by Mike Bullen as a follow-up to his 1997 one- off comedy of the same name. The series, set and largely filmed in Greater Manchester, follows three couples experiencing the ups-and-downs of romance. Adam Williams and Rachel Bradley (James Nesbitt, pictured, and Helen Baxendale) are a new couple who go through dating, marriage and the birth of a child. Pete and Jenny Gifford (John Thomson and Fay Ripley) experience parenthood, adultery, separation and divorce. Karen and David Marsden (Hermione Norris and Robert Bathurst) live an upper- middle-class lifestyle, but their marriage disintegrates after each has an affair. The show was a critical and ratings success. Critics analysed the depiction of social issues, the use of popular music, and the relevance of the series to contemporary audiences compared to big-budget BBC costume dramas. The series was a regular nominee at the British Comedy Awards, the National Television Awards and elsewhere. It has been broadcast in over 30 countries and has been remade for local audiences in the United States and European countries.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

193:

Praetorian Guards assassinated Roman Emperor Pertinax and sold the throne in an auction to Didius Julianus. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pertinax

1802:

German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers discovered 2 Pallas, the second asteroid known to man. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_Pallas

1933:

A passenger aboard the Imperial Airways biplane City of Liverpool set a fire on board, causing it to break apart in mid-air and crash. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1933_Imperial_Airways_Dixmude_crash

1999:

Serbian police and special forces killed at least 89 Kosovo Albanians in the village of Izbica, in the Drenica region of central Kosovo. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izbica_massacre

2003:

Invasion of Iraq: In a friendly fire incident, two members of the United States Air Force attacked the United Kingdom's Blues and Royals of the Household Cavalry, killing one and injuring five British soldiers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/190th_Fighter_Squadron,_Blues_and_Royals_friendly_fire_incident

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

lacrimae rerum: The “tears of things”; the inherent tragedy of existence. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lacrimae_rerum

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

We become obsessed with "truth" when discussing statements, just as we become obsessed with "freedom" when discussing conduct … Like freedom, truth is a bare minimum or an illusory ideal.   --J. L. Austin https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/J._L._Austin