6.8 /10 1 Votes
Directed by Simon Hynd Original language(s) English Number of episodes 13 Genre Sitcom Networks BBC Two, BBC One Scotland | 6.8/10 IMDb Country of origin Scotland No. of seasons 2 Number of seasons 2 Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Created by Simon Carlyle
Gregor Sharp Starring Arabella Weir
Alex Norton
Doon Mackichan
Jonathan Watson
Elaine C Smith
Sharon Rooney
Jamie Quinn
Harki Bhambra Similar Rab C Nesbitt, Still Game, Only an Excuse?, Brief Encounters, Scot Squad | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Two Doors Down is a Scottish sitcom, produced by BBC Studios that is broadcast across the UK at prime time. It was created by Simon Carlyle and Gregor Sharp. It is set in a Glasgow suburb.
Contents
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- Main cast
- Production
- Critical reception
- References
Following a pilot broadcast in 2013, the first series began airing April 2016. A second series began airing on 21 November 2016. The show was recommissioned in December 2016 for a third series by BBC Two.
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Main cast
† Ian is played by Kevin Guthrie in the pilot episode.
Production
The pilot episode was shown on 31 December 2013. It was shot with all the crew and cast in a cramped, medium-sized living room. After the pilot was deemed successful, filming was moved to purpose-built sets in Dumbarton.
Critical reception
Two Doors Down has received mixed reviews. Writing for The Guardian, Ben Arnold said the pilot for the series was "a mundane set-up, not helped by a woeful lack of laughs." Writing again for The Guardian at the beginning of the second series, Arnold called the series "woeful". The Arts Desk wrote that the series "owes an awful lot to both Abigail’s Party and The Royle Family, as well as socially awkward characters from any number of sketch shows, with equally broadly defined characters – only without the bits that make you laugh out loud." Writing for RadioTimes, David Butcher said "Sometimes Two Doors Down is so uneventful it almost vanishes" but called it a "nicely sour-edged sitcom". Conversely, writing for The Guardian, Zoe Williams said "this endearing ensemble BBC Comedy about a sort of Scottish neighbours has something-for-everyone humour." Claudia Connell in the Daily Mail said "a beautifully observed, genuinely funny comedy about the hell of feeling compelled to socialise with people just because you inhabit the same stretch of pavement".