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 9, Episode 1 - Nil By Muff

Gaz and Donna are finally together, but Gaz was left paralysed by his accident and the two of them are struggling to come to terms with his new life in a wheelchair.

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Further details

Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps. Image shows from L to R: Donna Henshaw (Natalie Casey), Gary 'Gaz' Wilkinson (Will Mellor). Copyright: BBC

Gaz returns home from the hospital following his accident; he finds it tough to adjust to life in a wheelchair and becomes annoyed with his new carer, Billy, who is eternally cheery and overly helpful. Things are made worse when Donna shows him all the adjustments she's made around the flat, and when their first attempt at a quickie goes disastrously wrong it begins to dawn on them both just how much has changed.

Over at the Archer, a makeover is attracting a new, younger crowd to the pub and landlord Tim is really happy with the new business coming in. However, Tim's good mood is short-lived when his younger sister Cassie turns up fresh out of a juvenile detention centre and immediately stirs things up with the regulars in the pub. Despite Tim's best efforts Cassie will not leave, particularly when she discovers that old school crush Billy hangs out in the Archer - but he doesn't want her in Runcorn, especially as she refuses to apologise for the awful thing she did...

Broadcast details

Date
Tuesday 26th April 2011
Time
10:30pm
Channel
BBC Three
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Wednesday 27th April 2011 1:15am BBC3
Thursday 28th April 2011 9:00pm BBC3
Friday 29th April 2011 1:15am BBC3
Saturday 30th April 2011 1:45am BBC3
Sunday 1st May 2011 11:30pm BBC3
Tuesday 31st May 2011 1:15am BBC3
Sunday 18th September 2011 1:10am BBC3
Wednesday 28th December 2011 3:00am BBC3
Tuesday 15th April 2014 10:00pm VIVA
Wednesday 16th April 2014 12:20am VIVA
Wednesday 25th June 2014 10:00pm VIVA
Thursday 26th June 2014 12:20am VIVA
Tuesday 2nd September 2014 10:00pm VIVA
Wednesday 3rd September 2014 12:20am VIVA
Monday 3rd November 2014 10:00pm VIVA
Tuesday 4th November 2014 12:20am VIVA
Wednesday 11th September 2019 10:20pm Gold
Thursday 12th September 2019 2:20am Gold
Monday 25th November 2019 11:20pm Gold
Saturday 25th February 2023 9:45pm BBC3
Sunday 26th February 2023 2:15am BBC3
Saturday 22nd July 2023 9:30pm BBC3
Sunday 23rd July 2023 2:30am BBC3
Saturday 9th December 2023 10:55pm BBC3

Cast & crew

Cast
Natalie Casey Donna Henshaw
Will Mellor Gary 'Gaz' Wilkinson
Luke Gell Tim
Georgia Henshaw Cassie
Freddie Hogan Billy
Guest cast
Simon Coombs Lee
Writing team
Robin Taylor Writer
David Cantor Writer
Production team
Nick Wood Director
Michelle Farr-Scott (as Michelle Farr) Producer
Micheál Jacob Executive Producer
Susan Nickson Executive Producer
Mark Lawrence Editor
Harry Banks Production Designer
Rhys Adams Composer

Video

Gaz Misses The Good Old Days

Gaz has woken from his coma to discover that everything in his life has changed.

View this clip on the BBC website

Featuring: Freddie Hogan (Billy) & Will Mellor (Gary 'Gaz' Wilkinson).

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