Claim: Sue Vertue produced a sitcom that premiered on May 12.
Evidence: Susan `` Sue '' Nicola Vertue -LRB- born 21 September 1960 in Surrey -RRB- is an English television producer , mainly of comedy shows , including Mr. Bean and Coupling.
Coupling is a British television sitcom written by Steven Moffat that aired on BBC2 from 12 May 2000 to 14 June 2004.
The series was inspired by Moffat 's relationship with producer Sue Vertue , to the extent that they gave their names to two of the characters.