Two Doors Down
- TV sitcom
- BBC Two / BBC One
- 2013 - 2023
- 47 episodes (7 series)
Comedy focused on Latimer Crescent residents Eric and Beth Baird, plus their neighbours and immediate family. Stars Arabella Weir, Alex Norton, Doon Mackichan, Jonathan Watson, Elaine C. Smith and more.
- Christmas Special repeated tomorrow at 10:30pm on BBC Scotland
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Series 3, Episode 1 - Burns Supper
Further details
A big meaty haggis for the neighbours and a tiny vegetarian one for Gordon are on the menu for Burns Night in Latimer Crescent.
Cathy and Colin, Ian and Gordon arrive to celebrate with Eric and Beth.
To everyone's surprise, Christine turns up. She's back early from visiting her daughter Sophie in North Wales, and is full of complaints about the trip. Sophie's new partner has clearly failed to impress. With news that Beth has freshened up the wee downstairs toilet, a viewing is a must for the whole party.
Cathy and Colin educate Gordon about the niceties of a Burns Supper - basically everyone gets hammered - but Colin's mention of ex-girlfriend Yvonne sets Cathy's blood boiling.
Gordon eases the tension by offering to sing a Scottish song.
When dinner is served and Eric begins his enthusiastic rendition of Address To The Haggis, Gordon looks a tad squeamish... little knowing just what awaits him.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 29th January 2018
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Arabella Weir | Beth |
| Alex Norton | Eric |
| Doon Mackichan | Cathy |
| Jonathan Watson | Colin |
| Elaine C. Smith | Christine |
| Jamie Quinn | Ian |
| Kieran Hodgson | Gordon |
| Simon Carlyle | Writer |
| Gregor Sharp | Writer |
| Sasha Ransome | Director |
| Margot Gavan Duffy | Producer |
| Steven Canny | Executive Producer |
| Chris Sussman | Executive Producer |
| Simon Carlyle | Associate Producer |
| Gregor Sharp | Associate Producer |
| Angela Murray | Line Producer |
| Pete Drinkwater | Editor |
| Jo Sutherland | Production Designer |
| Jo Buckingham | Casting Director |
| Carole K. Fraser (as Carole Fraser) | Costume Designer |
| Sarah Bartles-Smith | Director of Photography |
| Maxine Dallas | Make-up Designer |
| Morris Milne | 1st Assistant Director |
| Kate Daughton | Commissioning Editor |
| Ewan Angus | Commissioning Editor |
Video
Cathy's jealousy is at boiling point
Cathy causes a scene when her jealousy reaches boiling point.
Featuring: Arabella Weir (Beth), Alex Norton (Eric), Doon Mackichan (Cathy), Jonathan Watson (Colin), Elaine C. Smith (Christine), Jamie Quinn (Ian) & Kieran Hodgson (Gordon).
Press
A timely return for the Scottish sitcom that mines wicked humour from its cosy cul-de-sac setting. Perpetually put-upon hostess Beth (Arabella Weir) is entertaining the neighbours again, this time for a Burns Night blowout. But while her hubby Eric (Alex Norton) anticipates some poetry and pomp, everyone else seems more interested in assessing the redecorated downstairs loo. With prickly social barbs, lewd observations and an excess of whisky, the bawdy Ploughman Poet himself would likely approve.
Graeme Virtue, The Guardian, 29th January 2018Two Doors Down: Doon Mackichan steals the show
Doon Mackichan steals the show in this Burns Night horror.
Sarah Hughes, i Newspaper, 29th January 2018Two Doors Down is fun with a strong cast
Two Doors Down (BBC Two) originally arrived on New Year's Eve 2013 as a one-hour, one-off comedy about a Hogmanay gathering gone wrong. It returned for a third series last night with an episode about another Scottish institution, Burns Night, complete with haggis, tatties and malt whisky, and proceeded to lacerate it for the next half hour.
Chris Harvey, The Telegraph, 29th January 2018