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Fortysomething (2003) is a British comedy series starring Hugh Laurie that you can watch online on iFILM. Paul Slippery is a Putney GP who handles his patients far better than his own household.
His wife Estelle heads back to work after years of raising three sons, and that throws Paul completely. He isn't getting any in the bedroom, he's sure Estelle is, and his three grown boys are doing just fine in that department — which only twists the knife. Then his world tips into farce: Paul starts hearing what everyone around him is actually thinking. Anna Chancellor plays Estelle, a young Benedict Cumberbatch turns up as a son, and Stephen Fry pops in too.
Laurie directed the show as well as leading it — five years before House made him a household name. The humour is dry, awkward and thoroughly English, built on cringe rather than punchlines. Good pick if you like sitcoms about competent adults quietly falling apart at midlife. Stream Fortysomething (2003) online on iFILM.
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