Cold Feet review: The '90s classic is back - but how well has it aged in 13 years?

If you were a late-'90s cliché, chances are you wore Maharishi trousers, thought the Spice Girls were cool in an 'ironic' way and you watched Cold Feet. And now's your chance to do at least one of those things again.

Right now, TV's all about the comeback, and with the likes of Porridge and Are You Being Served's remakes receiving mixed reviews, it's time for the relationship classic to dip its toe into the murky revival waters.

The difference with Cold Feet is that instead of completely recasting the show with lookalikes, five of the six main cast are back to reprise their roles, while original writer Mike Bullen has penned the script.

For anyone who hasn't seen the show before, the first five series of Cold Feet centered around the lives of three couples living in Greater Manchester; Pete and Jenny Gifford (John Thomson and Faye Ripley), Karen and David Marsden (Hermione Norris and Robert Bathurst) and Adam Williams and Rachel Bradley (James Nesbitt and Helen Baxendale, also known for playing Ross's annoying wife Emily on Friends).

The final series saw the sad demise of Rachel, who was killed in a car crash, and focused on how the shocking incident affected everyone around her.

14 years on, Adam miraculously has more hair and is planning to marry Angela, a woman 18 years younger than him, which everyone thinks is a terrible idea.

Meanwhile, Pete and Jenny have two teenage kids and are completely skint, while Karen and David have split for good and David's unhappily shacked up with his sharp-tongued new wife, Robyn (Lucy Robinson).

So is the new Cold Feet any good? Overall, the answer's yes... but there is room for improvement.

The characters themselves are still great and all of the cast, in particular the jovial James Nesbitt and empathetic Hermione Norris, offer great performances. And yet somehow they don't seem as great together as they were.

Could this just be early teething problems after such a long break away? Here's hoping.

As for the plot…  some moments are touching, some are clichéd (the 'hilarity' involving a taxi is really pushing it) and it definitely feels like they've tried to cram far too much into the first one-hour show.

But do we still want to watch the next episode? Yes, we totally do, because although this debut is lacking a bit of the warmth of the original, it's still got a lot to offer.

New characters like Adam and Rachel's troubled son Matthew (Cel Spellman) and Karen and David's mischievous twins Ellie (Ella Hunt) and Olivia (Daisy Edgar-Jones) bring an interesting new dynamic to the show.

And even though this premiere is so jam-packed it feels like an overloaded shopping trolley at times, so many good storylines have been incorporated early on you find yourself genuinely caring about what happens next.

There were certainly a few 'could do better' moments, but overall Cold Feet remains incredibly watchable and should make for great cosy autumn viewing.

Give it a chance, because - given time - ITV could well be onto a winner. Again.

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