The Rights of Men

A few years ago, the great Steven Moffat - writer of some of the best Doctor Who episodes of the new crop (and, indeed, of any crop) - wrote for a BBC sitcom called Coupling (which spawned an ill-advised American remake that bombed like a skud launched from a sling-shot). Although, as these series tend to do, it petered out towards the end, I remember it fondly for delivering some of the best speeches ever committed to film; more often than not delivered with utmost skill by Jack Davenport (who made his name in This Life, then Ultraviolet, but who most of you will probably remember from the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy).