Actors Sean Bean, Nicola Walker are set to star in the four-part drama series, Marriage. The BBC One series about the ups and downs of a long-term relationship will be helmed by BAFTA-winning writer and director Stefan Golaszewski. 

Bean and Walker will play a married couple, Ian and Emma, who are negotiating the fears, comforts and frustrations of their 30-year marriage. "I'm thrilled to be playing opposite the talented Nicola Walker and I'm looking forward to bringing Stefan's intimate scripts to the screen," Bean said in a statement to BBC. 

Walker added, "This is a unique project. Stefan has created such a beautiful, funny, and complicated world and I'm excited to be stepping into Ian and Emma's marriage with Sean."

The Forge and The Money Men are producing the series for BBC One and BBC iPlayer.