Two Doors Down. Image shows from L to R: Beth (Arabella Weir), Eric (Alex Norton). Copyright: BBC
Two Doors Down

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.

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Two Doors Down review

A painfully funny portrait of a Covid Christmas.

Rebecca Nicholson, The Guardian, 28th December 2020

Arabella Weir: shooting new Two Doors Down series soon

The actress can't wait to return to the role of Beth, the Latimer Crescent linchpin, who will once again be making the street tea, sandwiches and drinks in the 'Scottish version of The Royle Family'.

Rick Fulton, Daily Record, 26th August 2020

Scotland's 20 greatest TV shows of all-time

Featuring 1. Still Game; 2. Bob Servant; 3. Chewin' The Fat; 4. Rab C. Nesbitt; 5. Scotch And Wry; 6. Scot Squad; 7. Limmy's Show!; 8. Two Doors Down; 9. Absolutely; 10. Taggart.

Matthew Elder, The Scotsman, 27th July 2020

Two Doors Down to return for Series 5

BBC Scotland's hit sitcom Two Doors Down is to return to BBC Two for a fifth series.

British Comedy Guide, 1st June 2020

Scottish Comedy Awards 2019 nominations

The nominations for the Scottish Comedy Awards 2019 have been announced. Breaking The News leads the lists. Chris Forbes, Christopher MacArthur-Boyd, Jay Lafferty, Larry Dean, Liam Withnail, Limmy, Susie McCabe and Tom Stade are in the running for best solo show.

British Comedy Guide, 10th May 2019

Filming of Two Doors Down moved after neighbour bust-up

Telly chiefs had to move the filming of hit BBC sitcom Two Doors Down -- after a furious bust-up with a real-life neighbour. Alistair Pollard, 46, hurled abuse at production staff over noise in Bishopbriggs, near Glasgow.

Douglas Walker, The Scottish Sun, 27th January 2019

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 2019

Beth 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

A grand return for Two Doors Down, and Christine, the peerless Elaine C Smith, had made a trifle for Eric and Beth's 30th anniversary. She had toyed, though not that hard, with thoughts of a gift. "Some porcelain... a voucher? But then I went into my cupboard. I saw the four tins of fruit cocktail. And ah just thought: fuck it. Trifle it is!" It is a... decent enough... trifle, the gloss on which is only mildly spoilt by Christine's rare sotto voce warning. "Don't take too long. Cos technically that cream needs to be used by midnight..."

Every piece of Scottishness, beloved or nauseating (Doon Mackichan's monstrously indiscreet Cathy) is here, and balances Rob and Sharon's London [from Catastrophe] with perfection.

Euan Ferguson, The Observer, 13th January 2019

I talk Two Doors Down

Monday night saw the return of what I believe to be the most underrated sitcom on television... despite record ratings and two BAFTA Scotland wins!

Elliot Gonzalez, I Talk Telly, 9th January 2019

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