Love Soup: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Gil Raymond and Alice Chenery would appear to be perfect soul mates. Gil is a successful American comedy writer who has fled his home country in search of artistic integrity and a lasting relationship. Alice is an account manager for a perfume company in a London department store, struggling to maintain a flat in Brighton she cannot afford. Week by week, Love Soup explores Gil and Alice's separate lives: lives which, unhappily, never intersect, but which parallel each other in many subtle ways. The series observes their hopes and fears as they try to remain sane in a world from which they feel increasingly excluded. Tellingly, and poignantly, each week witnesses their continuing doomed attempts to find the definitive partner who will bring them the happiness they deserve.

Series details

• Title: Love Soup
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Romance
• Premiere date: 2005-09-27
• Final broadcast date listed: 2008-05-17
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC One
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 33017
• IMDb ID: tt0443390
• TVDB ID: 78964

Cast and credited roles

• Tamsin Greig — Alice Chenery
• Montserrat Lombard — Milly Russell
• Sheridan Smith — Cleo Martin
• Owen Brenman — Lloyd Drewitt

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2005-09-27; final listed air date 2005-11-01; episode order: 6.
• Season 2: premiered 2008-03-01; final listed air date 2008-05-17; episode order: 12.

Source and licence

Adapted from Love Soup on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.