![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. 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](https://cdn.comedy.co.uk/images/library/comedies/300x200/t/two_pints.jpg)
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.
- Series 5, Episode 5 repeated tomorrow at 2:35am on BBC3
Episode menu
Series 6, Episode 2 - Goblins
Further details
Donna is up for a big promotion at work; she'll be driving a transit van. But the job goes to a man and Donna decides it's sexism. She steals a transit van to prove she can drive it.
Janet decides to earn a living making squeaky elves for kids, but all her creations are horrifically ugly and Jonny thinks they are possessed. Janet begins to get too emotionally attached to the elves and asks Gaz to store them in his garage.
Donna crashes into them, and about three parked cars, in her stolen transit van. She gets the sack from her job. Jonny demands baby changing facilities in the pub and launches a "fathers for justice" type campaign.
Louise's adopted mum has given her a letter from her real mum. She can't open it. When she finally does, she finds her real mum was from a posh bit of Runcorn and is thrilled.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Sunday 5th March 2006
- Channel
- BBC Three
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
Natalie Casey | Donna Henshaw |
Will Mellor | Gary 'Gaz' Wilkinson |
Sheridan Smith | Janet |
Kathryn Drysdale | Louise |
Ralf Little | Jonny Keogh |
Hayley Bishop | Kelly |
Russell Richardson | Mr Pumplager |
Daniel Peak | Writer |
Paul Mayhew-Archer | Script Editor |
Becky Martin | Director |
Helen Williams | Producer |
Micheál Jacob | Executive Producer |
Stephen McCrum | Executive Producer |
Mark Lawrence | Editor |
Harry Banks | Production Designer |
Christian Henson | Composer |