Love and Marriage TV Review: The series follows a mother who retires from her job and sets out in search of a different way of life. Pauline Paradise (Alison Steadman) decides that she has had enough of her immediate family. This includes her self-contained husband Ken (Duncan Preston) and their demanding children and grandchildren. So she decides to move in with her sister Rowan (Celia Imrie), who has a decidedly more unconventional life.