Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps
- TV sitcom
- BBC Three / BBC Two / BBC Choice
- 2001 - 2011
- 79 episodes (9 series)
Sitcom following the lives and loves of a group of twenty-somethings in Runcorn, an industrial town in the North of England. Stars Natalie Casey, Will Mellor, Sheridan Smith, Kathryn Drysdale, Ralf Little and more.
- Series 4, Episode 4 repeated at 11pm on BBC3
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Press clippings
Two Pints Of Lager location transformed into Buddhist peace garden in Runcorn
A peace garden has been completed at a filming location made famous by a long-running TV comedy. The Waterloo Hotel in Runcorn, Cheshire, was frequently shown as the pub in Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps and is now a Buddhist temple.
ITV, 9th September 2024Woman behind Two Pints Of Lager returns to 'growing' hometown
The writer of a comedy set in Runcorn returned to her roots recently to get a first hand look at new regeneration plans. Susan Nickson created BBC hit Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps which ran from 2001 to 2011.
Mark Smith & Gary Porter, Cheshire Live, 26th February 2024Two Pints Of Lager 'most politically correct BBC comedy in 20 years', says writer
Susan Nickson says: "They've gone through an awful lot of comedy programmes over the last 20 years to put in the archives and they've taken out things that people might find offensive in 2022 and Two Pints is one of the only shows where they can't find anything offensive to take out. Because there's no racism, there's no sexism, there's nothing."
Jerry Lawton, Daily Star, 19th July 2022BBC drops Two Pints sequel plans
The BBC has axed plans to revive sitcom Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps. A special sequel episode had been developed to relaunch BBC Three as a broadcast television channel.
British Comedy Guide, 18th December 2021BBC on board for Two Pints reboot
The show's creator Susan Nickson has confirmed the go-ahead has been given for a reboot after original cast members Will Mellor and Ralf Little championed the sitcom's return.
Vicky Lytaki, The Sun, 18th July 2021Two Pints stars talk possibility of show's return
Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps stars Ralf Little and Will Mellor have said that they'd be open to doing a reboot of the show - but they said that they'd have to tweak their characters to appeal to a modern audience.
Hannah Lovejoy, Digital Spy, 1st April 2021Will Mellor teases Two Pints reboot
Will Mellor has issued a rallying cry for a Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps reunion - arguing the series was "bigger" than BBC favourite Gavin & Stacey.
Beth Allcock, The Sun, 2nd March 2021How Two Pints Of Lager broke comedy's class ceiling
Noughties hit Two Pints of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps broke new ground and set its cast of working-class Northern kids up for huge success.
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 26th February 2021No good comedy will survive the progressive purge
Comedy is cancelled. Or rather, comedy that doesn't "reflect the times" is cancelled, which in practice is the same thing. According to the BBC, Little Britain will no longer be available on iPlayer because "times have changed". Netflix has followed suit, adding Matt Lucas and David Walliams' other recent hit, Come Fly with Me, as well as The League Of Gentlemen to the banned list for good measure.
Tim Dawson, The Telegraph, 11th June 2020BBC's Two Pints Of Lager to return
A revival of hit sitcom Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps is in development by original writer Susan Nickson.
British Comedy Guide, 11th June 2019