Pulling is a British sitcom produced by Silver River Productions and broadcast on BBC Three.
In Australia, series one and two was first aired back-to-back on ABC2 each Thursday at 10pm from 5 March 2009[1] although the final one-hour episode is yet to be screened by the network.
[5][6][7] In writing the series, both Sharon Horgan and Dennis Kelly agreed that the main roles needed to be female and have the funny lines.
Peep Show has very funny female characters but they're generally girlfriends or incidental women who are just helping the story along."
Donna is eager to go to a club, but is worried about Karl's mental state, so she asks her friend Tanya – whose husband has left her – to look after him whilst she goes out for the night.
She naively misunderstands the nature of the sites she visits and is surprised and puzzled when her 'new friend' takes her dogging.
Louise's mother Eileen arrives, upset that her 17-year-old toyboy, Skinzo, has ended their relationship.
Despite agreeing that it is a 'girls night', Karen soon leaves in a taxi with Christopher, a young man whom she just met, and they go back to the flat.
Louise then confronts Karen about leaving last night, which results in an argument and insults.
Richard dislikes the idea, but Ivor likes it and says he will contact his business partner to try to arrange from them to be produced and put on the market.
Louise tells Billy about the pregnancy and he turns up drunk at her school, then at the house with gifts for her.
[9] The Guardian reported that news of the cancellation "perplexed those involved with the show" and that "insiders criticised Cohen's decision" especially as Pulling had "nearly doubled its [viewing] figures" since the first series and had "outperformed BBC3's average share both for the slot and for prime time in 2007, beating the slot average by 41% for the younger demographic".
[8] The newspaper reported that they had "sources" who had "claimed the decision was because the show no longer fitted in with the target audience of BBC3, which is being focused on a younger age group".
[9] Commenting on the cancellation Cohen said: "Pulling has had two fantastic series on BBC3 and we've committed to an hour-long finale episode as a mark of its quality".
The article reported that "Irate supporters [of the show] set up a Facebook page called Save Pulling.
At the time of writing [April 2009], however, the group only had 1,049 members - with a good third of those being media or comedy professionals."
Kelly was also quoted as saying that "We were quite disappointed - and quite surprised - by the decision to cancel as the show was doing really well, had won awards and I believed Danny [Cohen, BBC3 controller] liked it."
[8] Louise returns from travelling for six months with a new man in tow – she detests him but he saved her life when she nearly drowned in mud, so she stays with him out of guilt.
Donna is seeing a rich businessman who only cares about his money (her birthday treat is having sex on a bed laid out with £4500 in £10, £20 and £50 notes), but she is too shallow to leave him.
Karl is back from Italy with a new Italian girlfriend, and much to Donna's horror, they share an open relationship.
And lastly, Tanya and Oleg have become engaged, but they share a very volatile relationship that is based upon passion and sex.