Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps. Image shows from L to R: Louise (Kathryn Drysdale), Jonny Keogh (Ralf Little), Donna Henshaw (Natalie Casey), Janet (Sheridan Smith), Gary 'Gaz' Wilkinson (Will Mellor). Copyright: BBC
Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps

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.

Episode menu

Series 6 - When Janet Killed Jonny

Reports are circulating that The Archer is cursed, and Kelly mysteriously disappears. Nevertheless, when Jonny hatches a plan to sneak in for one last drink, the others all decide to join him. What follows is not for the timid.

Further details

Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps. Image shows from L to R: Jonny Keogh (Ralf Little), Janet (Sheridan Smith). Copyright: BBC

The Archer pub is being demolished. A local newspaper prints an article saying it's cursed. Jonny and the gang decide to spend one last night there.

They break in, but then strange things start happening; the pub seems to be alive and the doors slam shut. The gang are trapped in a nightmare world where one by one, they are being killed by the thing they love most. Or is it all a dream?

Broadcast details

Date
Sunday 30th April 2006
Channel
BBC Three
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Friday 1st April 2011 11:00pm W
Thursday 28th July 2011 12:20am W
Wednesday 18th April 2012 12:35am W
Wednesday 18th April 2012 11:40pm W
Tuesday 18th September 2012 12:40am W
Thursday 25th October 2012 12:00am W
Friday 16th November 2012 12:40am W
Thursday 27th March 2014 10:40pm VIVA
Friday 28th March 2014 1:50am VIVA
Monday 9th June 2014 10:40pm VIVA
Tuesday 10th June 2014 1:00am VIVA
Thursday 14th August 2014 10:55pm VIVA
Friday 15th August 2014 12:40am VIVA
Thursday 16th October 2014 10:00pm VIVA
Friday 17th October 2014 12:20am VIVA
Monday 12th January 2015 10:00pm VIVA
Tuesday 13th January 2015 12:20am VIVA
Thursday 15th August 2019 11:20pm Gold
Friday 16th August 2019 2:30am Gold
Friday 15th November 2019 9:40pm Gold
Saturday 16th November 2019 1:15am Gold
Saturday 14th January 2023 10:00pm BBC3
Sunday 15th January 2023 2:00am BBC3
Saturday 24th June 2023 9:00pm BBC3
Sunday 25th June 2023 2:00am BBC3
Saturday 4th November 2023 11:30pm BBC3
Sunday 5th November 2023 3:30am BBC3
Saturday 16th March 2024 9:30pm BBC3
Sunday 17th March 2024 2:20am BBC3

Cast & crew

Cast
Natalie Casey Donna Henshaw
Will Mellor Gary 'Gaz' Wilkinson
Sheridan Smith Janet
Kathryn Drysdale Louise
Ralf Little Jonny Keogh
Hayley Bishop Kelly
Writing team
Susan Nickson Writer
Paul Mayhew-Archer Script Editor
Production team
Nick Wood Director
Helen Williams Producer
Micheál Jacob Executive Producer
Stephen McCrum Executive Producer
Mark Lawrence Editor
Harry Banks Production Designer
Christian Henson Composer
Simon Brint Composer

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