Its their Meet Melissa and Paul: Five years after they split up he`s still looking for love in all the wrong places while she wants the one thing she cant have: Paul. Meet Chris and Vicky: Theyr`e so in tune they even brush their teeth in time with each other. So what is Chris doing risking it all for a meaningless affair? Meet Cooper and Laura: He wants to settle down, she wants to take a grown-up gap year - but can their relationship really survive a year apart? Set across a year of leaving dos, birthday parties and anniversary celebrations. "The Life and Soul of the Party" is a warm, funny and moving tale celebrating love, life and those special moments we`ve all spent in the kitchen at parties.