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Simon Carlyle. Credit: BBC
Simon Carlyle

Simon Carlyle

  • Scottish
  • Writer, script editor and actor

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Writer Simon Carlyle dies aged 48

Simon Carlyle, co-writer of Two Doors Down and Changing Ends, has died suddenly aged 48.

British Comedy Guide, 10th August 2023

Simon Carlyle was kind, gifted and hilarious. It was a joy to write Two Doors Down with him

I never laughed as much in my life as when I was in the writers' room with Simon. He was a generous person who was full of insight - and had that little bit of magic.

Gregor Sharp, The Guardian, 10th August 2023

Doon Mackichan returns to Two Doors Down

Doon Mackichan is returning to Two Doors Down for its forthcoming seventh series.

British Comedy Guide, 16th June 2023

The week in TV: Changing Ends

Changing Ends clearly wants to avoid being angst-ridden, but there's a dark thread here involving historical homophobia towards a spirited, vulnerable boy that keeps wriggling through.

Barbara Ellen, The Observer, 4th June 2023

Changing Ends review

Changing Ends beams with warmth despite - or more likely because of - the endemic 1980s homophobia which forms its backdrop. Dropped into this world, like a naive alien, is a camp, buck-toothed, socially awkward child, misunderstood by almost everyone and ostracised by most of them.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 1st June 2023

Changing Ends review

A laugh-out-loud autobiographical comedy with a lot of heart.

Morgan Cormack, Radio Times, 31st May 2023

Two Doors Down moving next door to BBC One for seventh series

Two Doors Down is moving to BBC One for its seventh series, with six more episodes set to air later this year.

British Comedy Guide, 21st February 2023

Alan Carr sitcom Changing Ends begins filming

Filming has now commenced on Changing Ends, the new six-part sitcom based on Alan Carr's childhood in Northampton.

British Comedy Guide, 27th January 2023

Alan Carr making ITV sitcom Changing Ends

Alan Carr has written and stars in Changing Ends, an ITV sitcom based upon his adolescence growing up gay in Northampton, while his father was manager of the local football club.

British Comedy Guide, 11th November 2022

Two Doors Down review

This sitcom just isn't the same without Doon Mackichan.

Benji Wilson, The Telegraph, 9th November 2022

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