Two Pints follows the lives and loves of five friends. In Series 1, Donna and Gaz are just starting off their relationship while Janet and Jonny seem to have a solid romance. Meanwhile, the temperamental Louise is somewhat unlucky in love. The friends meet at the local pub to chat about sex and life.

At the end of each series viewers are presented with a cliff-hanger which leaves it in the air as to whether the couples will stay together.

This sitcom has been running since 2001, and so understandably a number of characters have come and gone. Notably, the main character of Jonny (Ralf Little) is no longer in the show. Tim the barman (Luke Gell) has been added as a regular character to fill this gap.

Other characters no longer in the show include Gaz's half-brother Munch, Louise's Australian boyfriend David and Donna's mum Flo.

At the end of the latest series viewers were given the chance to decide the outcome of a love triangle between Gaz, Janet and Donna. In the end fans voted for Gaz to go back to Donna. Two specials at the end of 2009 followed the immediate aftermath of Gaz's choice, and its implications for both of the women in his life.

Our Review: This BBC Three sitcom is aimed directly at teenagers and young adults - as a result, much of the humour is broad, crude and sex related. Be warned, if you're not in the target audience you're likely to find this show vulgar and anything-but-funny.

However, beyond the perhaps puerile humour is a set of well-defined characters, strong writing, and scripts of a fairly consistent quality. For viewers who stick with the show there is also a great deal of emotional undertone and subtlety to the series, which, given the humour, is far from clear from a quick glance on the surface. This is a great draw for many, and goes to make the show a real "love it or hate it" affair.

But love it or loathe it, one has to admire Two Pints for taking the mainstream sitcom genre to some surprisingly interesting places over the years - notably by broadcasting a musical episode in 2003, a horror special in 2006, and starting off the 2008 series with a highly charged episode broadcast live from BBC Television Centre.

It is also worth highlighting the powerful and emotive endings which have become a staple of the final episode of each series, with stirring music mixed with clips of the respective series' up and down points. They can seem somewhat over the top to the casual observer, but as with the undercurrent of character development throughout the show's run, only serve to make the fans even more appreciative.