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.

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Series 8, Episode 1 - Candle

It's Janet and Gaz's first night as a couple after Donna has moved to London to be with Wesley and start a new career.

Further details

Janet and Gaz plan their first night together as a couple. However, things don't go as smoothly as planned when Janet finds out that Gaz has asked his ex-girlfriend, "bald Shirley", to babysit Corinthian.

Gaz is annoyed that Jonny, although dead, is still haunting their relationship - his possessions are all around the flat, including his ear-wax candle and his concrete head. And Janet starts every sentence with "since Jonny died". It also doesn't help when Gaz admits he was sleeping with Donna and Janet at the same time.

They soon find their own unique way of resolving the argument and decide that, although they both miss Jonny, they have to move on if they are to make it as a couple.

Broadcast details

Date
Sunday 15th March 2009
Time
10pm
Channel
BBC Three
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Thursday 19th March 2009 10:30pm BBC3
Friday 20th March 2009 11:00pm BBC3
Friday 22nd May 2009 9:00pm BBC3
Sunday 25th October 2009 9:00pm BBC3
Friday 25th February 2011 11:30pm BBC3
Sunday 15th January 2012 1:50am BBC3
Tuesday 17th January 2012 3:55am BBC3
Monday 7th April 2014 10:00pm VIVA
Tuesday 8th April 2014 12:20am VIVA
Tuesday 17th June 2014 10:00pm VIVA
Wednesday 18th June 2014 12:20am VIVA
Monday 25th August 2014 10:00pm VIVA
Tuesday 26th August 2014 12:20am VIVA
Thursday 23rd October 2014 10:40pm VIVA
Friday 24th October 2014 1:00am VIVA
Friday 30th August 2019 10:40pm Gold
Saturday 31st August 2019 1:35am Gold
Wednesday 20th November 2019 10:00pm Gold
Thursday 21st November 2019 1:15am Gold
Saturday 4th February 2023 9:00pm BBC3
Sunday 5th February 2023 1:25am BBC3
Saturday 8th July 2023 9:30pm BBC3
Sunday 9th July 2023 1:30am BBC3
Saturday 25th November 2023 10:10pm BBC3
Sunday 26th November 2023 2:10am BBC3
Saturday 20th April 2024 10:00pm BBC3
Sunday 21st April 2024 1:55am BBC3

Cast & crew

Cast
Will Mellor Gary 'Gaz' Wilkinson
Sheridan Smith Janet
Writing team
Susan Nickson Writer
Jon Brown Script Editor
Production team
Nick Wood Director
Michelle Farr-Scott (as Michelle Farr) Producer
Jo Sargent Executive Producer
Mark Lawrence Editor
Harry Banks Production Designer
Christian Henson Composer

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