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 7, Episode 7 repeated at 9pm on BBC3
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Two Pints Of Lager Live
That is where Two Pints came into its own. Its testosterone-fuelled ladcom themes and innuendo certainly thrived in the adrenaline-rush of the format, but whether it made up for a top-notch script I'm not so sure.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 20th February 2009Clogging up BBC Three's late night schedule is this 'comedy' (pardon my French) which is nowhere near as clever or as funny as it thinks it is. Instead, the script relentlessly spews out unfunny, groan-inducing crudity and passes it off as 'humour'. For example: "When are you coming back for more sex?". "When Uranus circles Mars.". "Me arse?". Sigh. I rest my case.
Lorna Cooper, MSN Entertainment, 12th August 2008Forum Discussion
Is Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps the worst show on telly? It's just not funny on any level as far as I can tell. Or have I just reached 'a certain age' where the comedy shows produced for todays youth are beyond my ability to understand?
EuroGamer, 24th July 2008Two Pints Of Lager: a modern day travesty
Some things make you feel so angry, so filled with bile and rage that you have to speak out through fear of internally combusting. Pick a weekday, any weekday, and you can be sure that this shitstorm of a TV show will be blathering its nonsensical, desperately unfunny comedic wares to an apparently eager-for-more audience.
Mark Oakley, Den Of Geek, 17th June 2008Two Pints TV Review
Who watches this shitty excuse for a programme? I've always wondered that. Now, having seen the show live, I know exactly the kind of person that watches this pitiful show, namely people who will laugh at absolutely anything... and in fact, they do.
mofgimmers, TV Scoop, 14th January 2008Bad TV Redeemed
Ask people to think of one thing that sums up the worst of BBC Three, and odds are that it'll be Two Pints. So why is it actually so decent? For a start, it's surprisingly well-plotted.
Andrew Mickel, Den Of Geek, 6th November 2007According to BBC3 controller Danny Cohen "a huge focus on risk and innovation" is what his channel is all about. Fair dos. Let's have a look at BBC3's comedy output, then. What's on tonight?
12.15: Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps
12.45: Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps
Ach. What about tomorrow?
11.55: Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps
12.25: Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps
2.20: Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps
2.50: Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps
Balls to it! Surely there's something good to watch on Friday?
12.40: Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps
1.10: Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps
Oh for heaven's sake. I'm pretty radged off at being presented with dreck like Two Pints twice a bloody evening while genius like Snuff Box lies dormant - and nobody at the Beeb seems to be worried.
Scott Murray, The Guardian, 8th August 200757 Pints of Lager (so far)
Think there are too many repeats on TV? An episode of Two Pint Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps has clocked up nearly 60 showings!
The Sun, 29th March 2007I'm only here for the beer
The Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps world is inhabited by flimsy stereotypes cut out from How To Build Your Own Lad And Ladettes Funbook, who spout pseudo-smart one liners and for whom smoking a fag qualifies as a defining characteristic.
Gareth McLean, The Guardian, 27th February 2001From Runcorn with laughs
Susan Nickson's new sitcom is a central part of BBC2's Comedy Zone line-up. Not bad for a 22-year-old.
Meg Carter, The Independent, 9th January 2001