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.
- Continues on Friday on BBC1 at 9:30pm with Series 7, Episode 3
- Catch-up on Series 7, Episode 2
Key details
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 2013 - 2023
- Channels
- BBC Two, BBC One
- Episodes
- 47 (1 pilot + 7 series)
- Stars
- Arabella Weir, Alex Norton, Doon Mackichan, Jonathan Watson, Elaine C. Smith, Jamie Quinn, Kieran Hodgson, Joy McAvoy and more
- Writers
- Simon Carlyle and Gregor Sharp
- Directors
- Simon Hynd, Sasha Ransome and Ben Gosling Fuller
- Producers
- Catherine Gosling Fuller, Margot Gavan Duffy, Jacqueline Sinclair, Steven Canny, Ewan Angus, Myfanwy Moore, Chris Sussman, Simon Carlyle and more
- Companies
Comedy centred around a couple and their insufferable neighbours.
Latimer Crescent residents Eric and Beth Baird are friendly, warm, and perhaps a little too polite for their own good. They're more than happy to welcome son Ian and his boyfriend into their home; but neighbours Cathy, Colin and Christine regularly make their presence felt in a far more forceful manner.
Christine is a moaner, hypochondriac and freeloading single mother who's kept now-adult daughter Sophie on a short-lead of guilt trips for many years. The thoroughly pleasant Sophie finds her mother intensely embarrassing but gradually finds her own voice - and not without Beth's help.
Cathy, however, is right at the other end of the scale. Prone to flying off the handle and with a very middle-class heavy drinking problem, she's completely unaware of her bossiness and imposition upon others. She's a snob through and through, coupled with a sense of high-and-mighty entitlement. Husband Colin is not an awful lot better, but certainly not as brash or imposing as his wife.
Stuck between the three houses, Eric and Beth struggle to hold things together, trying not to upset the delicate peace that (just about) holds between the disparate groups. If war broke out, these people could make their lives a whole lot more hellish.
These are the trials and tribulations of living on a suburban street with people you'd often much rather do without.
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Additional details
- Production
- Studio
- Camera set-up
- Single camera
- Picture
- Colour
- Soundtrack
- Theme tune for the series is SOB by Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats.
Website links
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Tuesday 31st December 2013 at 9pm on BBC One
- Next repeats
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- Series 7, Episode 2: Wednesday at 11:30pm on BBC Scotland
- Series 7, Episode 3: Friday at 11:30pm on BBC1 Wales
- Christmas Special: Sunday at 12:20am on Gold
- Series 7, Episode 3: Sunday at 9:30pm on BBC Scotland
- Series 7, Episode 3: Wednesday 13th December at 10:30pm on BBC Scotland
- Series 7, Episode 4: Friday 15th December at 11:30pm on BBC1 Wales
- Series 7, Episode 4: Sunday 17th December at 10:30pm on BBC Scotland
- Christmas Special: Tuesday 19th December at 12:35am on Gold
- Series 7, Episode 4: Wednesday 20th December at 10:30pm on BBC Scotland
- Most recent repeats
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- Sunday 3rd December 2023 at 10:30pm on BBC Scotland - Series 7, Episode 2
- Friday 1st December 2023 at 11:30pm on BBC1 Wales - Series 7, Episode 2
- Sunday 26th November 2023 at 10:30pm on BBC Scotland - Series 7, Episode 1
Recording details
- Avonbrae Crescent - Latimer Crescent location (Link)
- BBC Scotland Studios (Dumbarton) - Interiors