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 at 9:45pm on BBC Scotland
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Series 4, Episode 3 - Hospital
Further details
As if the NHS needs any more challenges, Christine now stress-tests nursing staff with a hospital stay.
Beth and Cathy think they are doing a good deed when they drop Christine off at the hospital reception, but while Cathy manages to slip away, poor Beth doesn't get off so lightly and finds herself committed to a post-op visit.
Beth and Eric return later with Christine's long list of supplies to find that instead of being sore and exhausted after surgery, she has been sleeping off her dinner - the operation has been postponed until the following morning.
As nurse Heather weathers Christine's demands, Colin arrives, followed by Michelle and Alan. The ensuing group discussion leaves Christine very worried about her chances of survival.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 21st 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 |
| Joy McAvoy | Michelle |
| Graeme Stevely | Alan |
| Lubna Kerr | Receptionist |
| Gemma McElhinney | Heather |
| 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
TV Review: Two Doors Down
Certainly, the jokes in this fourth series are easier to see coming than before, but by this stage in the game the comedy is coming more from the characters than the situation.
Alison Rowat, The Herald, 22nd January 2019Beth pays Christine a post-op visit, but is surprised to discover the operation has been postponed to the following morning. "I thought you were sleeping off the anaesthetic!" "No, I'm sleeping off the steak pie I had for dinner." As the big day looms, the neighbours tactfully discuss her chances round her bedside.
Ali Catterall, The Guardian, 21st January 2019