Claim: Sue Vertue produced a sitcom.

Carrie and Barry is a sitcom , shown 2004 - 2005 on BBC One , starring Neil Morrissey , Claire Rushbrook , Mark Williams and Michelle Gomez .   Produced by Hartswood Films , it reunited Morrissey with personnel from Men Behaving Badly : specifically writer Simon Nye , executive producer Beryl Vertue and director Martin Dennis . It was produced by Sue Vertue .   Neil Morrissey plays part-time taxi driver Barry and Claire Rushbrook is his beautician wife Carrie . The couple find themselves with the daily challenges of keeping the spice in their marriage and the fun in their day jobs -- as well as having to deal with Barry 's teenage daughter Sinéad -LRB- Sarah Quintrell -RRB- from his disastrous first marriage .   Mark Williams plays Barry 's mate Kirk , who co-owns his black cab -LRB- he does the night shifts -RRB- whilst Michelle Gomez is Carrie 's acid-tongued best friend and fellow beautician Michelle .