"Miles Jupp"

21 March 2018

3 mins 24s

Less Brief Encounter, more Southern Rail.

For rail passengers, getting from A to B provides enough emotional strain. Now imagine breaking up with your partner on the train to Waterloo. Enter Miles Jupp with some public transport blues.

As part of The Guardian and TSB's 'Relationship Project', the comedian charts his chequered history with the opposite sex. Seems some women can resist a weekend break in Market Harborough.

Jupp then describes his torrid fortnight-and-a-bit affair with Deborah. Keen for a fresh start, he decides to end things on a train. Alas, an engine fault extends their relationship within feet of Waterloo.

The couple's literal breakdown is deftly played, while Jupp's frames of reference - from ‘Jerry Maguire' to the Battle of Stalingrad - ensure a droll cautionary tale.

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