Starring Geoffrey Palmer and comedian Marcus Brigstocke, it was written by Simon Nye, the writer of Men Behaving Badly.

[1] They work too hard, they argue occasionally, they bicker a lot, and they are stressed out, but their relationship is kept together by affection.

Their hyperactive young children, six-year-old Nicola and three-year-old Luke, are both destructive.

Adam's retired and vague father, Donald, lives nearby on his own, after his wife walked out on him.

[1] In 2008, The Savages was broadcast on various PBS stations across the United States as part of the "One Season Wonders" strand.