Rescue Me is a British romantic comedy television series produced by Tiger Aspect Productions and broadcast on BBC One in 2002.
It was created, and principally written, by David Nicholls and stars Sally Phillips as Katie Nash, a woman who is recovering from a divorce while at the same time writing relationship features for Eden, the women's magazine she works on.
[1] It ran for six episodes, averaging 3.4 million viewers and a 15% audience share in its Sunday night timeslot.
[2] Nicholls had written four episodes of the unmade second series before discovering Rescue Me had been cancelled.
[3] A cover version of "Rescue Me", performed by Oliver Darley, is the series theme tune.