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.
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Series 4, Episode 1 - Wedding Anniversary
Further details
Beth and Eric think their son Ian is taking them out for their 30th wedding anniversary dinner - but find instead that he and his boyfriend Gordon have organised a surprise party at their house. And the gang's all there.
What more could you ask from a party? The buffet table is groaning with food, the champagne is flowing and Christine has brought a homemade trifle as a present.
There is a wander down memory lane, a look at the Bairds' wedding album and an illuminating quiz.
Ian tries to keep the focus on the anniversary couple, but a drunken Cathy tries to prompt wedding proposals from reluctant boyfriends Ian and Alan; and treats Eric, Beth and the rest of the guests to a replay of her and Colin's first wedding dance.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 7th January 2019
- 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 |
| Joy McAvoy | Michelle |
| Graeme Stevely | Alan |
| Simon Carlyle | Writer |
| Gregor Sharp | Writer |
| Sasha Ransome | Director |
| Catherine Gosling Fuller | Producer |
| Steven Canny | Executive Producer |
| Chris Sussman | Executive Producer |
| Simon Carlyle | Executive Producer |
| Gregor Sharp | Executive Producer |
| Angela Murray | Line Producer |
| Pete Drinkwater | Editor |
| Laura Donnelly | Production Designer |
| Catherine Willis | Casting Director |
| Jo Buckingham | Casting Director |
| Lynn Aitken | Costume Designer |
| Roy Estabrook | Director of Photography |
| Claire Harris | Make-up Designer |
| Mark Ash | 1st Assistant Director |
| Kate Daughton | Commissioning Editor |
Press
A grand return for Two Doors Down, and Christine, the peerless Elaine C Smith, had made a trifle for Eric and Beth's 30th anniversary. She had toyed, though not that hard, with thoughts of a gift. "Some porcelain... a voucher? But then I went into my cupboard. I saw the four tins of fruit cocktail. And ah just thought: fuck it. Trifle it is!" It is a... decent enough... trifle, the gloss on which is only mildly spoilt by Christine's rare sotto voce warning. "Don't take too long. Cos technically that cream needs to be used by midnight..."
Every piece of Scottishness, beloved or nauseating (Doon Mackichan's monstrously indiscreet Cathy) is here, and balances Rob and Sharon's London [from Catastrophe] with perfection.
Euan Ferguson, The Observer, 13th January 2019