The drama follows their lives intimately over a matter of days, as they contend with the usual daily factors that go into a long term relationship \u2013\u00a0including some more personal moments.<\/p>\n
Walker recently opened up about filming the drama, and when asked whether she had any memorable moments while on set, she recalled a particularly close encounter with Bean\u2019s \u201cthigh area\u201d.<\/p>\n
Walker said: \u201cMy most memorable scene was applying cream to Sean Bean\u2019s thigh area. It was a beautiful moment and one that I never expected as Ian had a nasty rash! It was a tremendous day in my professional career. Luckily it was in a tasteful position for camera!\u201d<\/p>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>Marriage comes from writer Stefan Golaszewski (Him & Her, Mum) and the cast have recently been highlighting the \u201crich\u201d and \u201crevealing\u201d nature of the \u201csimple story\u201d the series tells.<\/p>\n
Bean stressed that viewers shouldn\u2019t expect \u201cany big stunts or reveals\u201d<\/a>, while Henry Lloyd-Hughes, who plays Emma\u2019s boss Jamie, spoke about how a work conference the pair go to is \u201cwhere the show has been leading to\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n He said: \u201cIt is amazing to have a conference as the central set of a piece of drama, rather than a plane crash, car crash or big explosion. But only Stefan can do that and that\u2019s why it\u2019s brilliant. The conference is the showdown!\u201d<\/p> The series also stars James Bolam and Chantelle Alle as Emma\u2019s father and Ian and Emma\u2019s adopted daughter, with the series exploring their wider family life and how it interacts with their marriage.<\/p>\n You can read our\u00a0full review of Marriage right here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Marriage will air on BBC One and BBC iPlayer on Sunday 14th August at 9pm. Check out more of our\u00a0Drama<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0to see what\u2019s on tonight.<\/strong><\/p>\n The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0and get the next 12 issues for only \u00a31. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0Radio Times podcast<\/a>\u00a0with Jane Garvey.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n By James Hibbs Published: Sunday, 14 August 2022 at 12:00 am New BBC drama Marriage finds Nicola Walker and Sean Bean playing couple Ian and Emma, who have been married for 27 years. The drama follows their lives intimately over a matter of days, as they contend with the usual daily factors that go into […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":20258,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/nicola-walker-recalls-cheeky-sean-bean-highlight-from-marriage-scaled.jpg",2560,1703,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/nicola-walker-recalls-cheeky-sean-bean-highlight-from-marriage-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/nicola-walker-recalls-cheeky-sean-bean-highlight-from-marriage-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/nicola-walker-recalls-cheeky-sean-bean-highlight-from-marriage-768x511.jpg",768,511,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/nicola-walker-recalls-cheeky-sean-bean-highlight-from-marriage-1024x681.jpg",800,532,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/nicola-walker-recalls-cheeky-sean-bean-highlight-from-marriage-1536x1022.jpg",1536,1022,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/nicola-walker-recalls-cheeky-sean-bean-highlight-from-marriage-2048x1363.jpg",2048,1363,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By James Hibbs Published: Sunday, 14 August 2022 at 12:00 am New BBC drama Marriage finds Nicola Walker and Sean Bean playing couple Ian and Emma, who have been married for 27 years. The drama follows their lives intimately over a matter of days, as they contend with the usual daily factors that go into…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/20257"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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