Press Clippings
Scot Squad wins at Scottish BAFTAs
Scot Squad and Armando Iannucci were amongst the winners at this year's Scottish BAFTAs, announced last night.
British Comedy Guide, 5th November 2018New neighbours join Two Doors Down Series 4 as regular characters
The BBC has confirmed that the characters Alan and Michelle - played by Graeme Stevely and Joy McAvoy - will appear as regulars in Series 4 of Two Doors Down. The sitcom is currently being filmed, for broadcast in early 2019.
British Comedy Guide, 6th October 2018Armando Iannucci amongst BAFTA Scotland nominees
Jonathan Watson, Elaine C Smith, Scot Squad and the films Anna And The Apocalypse and The Party's Just Beginning are amongst the nominees for the British Academy Scotland Awards 2018. Armando Iannucci has also been nominated twice for The Death Of Stalin.
British Comedy Guide, 26th September 2018Two Doors Down Series 4 confirmed
BBC Two sitcom Two Doors Down is to return for a fourth series. Six more episodes are due to begin filming shortly.
British Comedy Guide, 19th September 2018Elaine C Smith: interview
When comedy actress Elaine C Smith started her career, women were dismissed as not funny and sexual harassment was rife. "I haven't been sexually harassed since I was 29," she says.
BBC, 11th March 2018Scottish Comedy Awards 2018 nominations
The nominations for the Scottish Comedy Awards 2018 have been announced. Various stand-up comedians, TV shows and radio programmes are shortlisted.
British Comedy Guide, 7th March 2018The gang leave home for a real-time episode focused entirely on Beth's birthday meal: nothing fancy, it's just a pub that does two courses for £7.95, but the gatecrashing of the event by Christine (insensitive) and Colin (hammered) ensures it's a gentle fiasco. Basic but reliably decent sitcom fare.
Jack Seale, The Guardian, 19th February 2018It is the juxtaposition of coarse and gentle that wins the day in this Scottish comedy. Following a routine but invasive examination, Eric is lying prone on the sofa in considerable discomfort. Cue a procession of well-wishers who aim to lift his spirits, but inevitably miss the target.
John Robinson, The Guardian, 5th February 2018Gregor Sharp interview
The 48-year-old's fresh face belies the fact he's had to work long and hard to make it happen. Failing hard. Failing often. Even, at one point, failing to land a shelf-packing job in Tesco.
Brian Beacom, The Herald, 4th February 2018Two Doors Down is fun with a strong cast
Two Doors Down (BBC Two) originally arrived on New Year's Eve 2013 as a one-hour, one-off comedy about a Hogmanay gathering gone wrong. It returned for a third series last night with an episode about another Scottish institution, Burns Night, complete with haggis, tatties and malt whisky, and proceeded to lacerate it for the next half hour.
Chris Harvey, The Telegraph, 29th January 2018