# Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps (2001)

> Five twenty-something friends in the northern English town of Runcorn swap crude jokes and romantic misadventures over pints at their local pub.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/564

## Facts

- Seasons: 9
- Episodes: 78
- Episode runtime: 30 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: comedy
- Created by: Susan Nickson
- Network: BBC Choice, BBC Two, BBC Three
- Cast: Kathryn Drysdale, Will Mellor, Sheridan Smith, Ralf Little, Natalie Casey, Neo Hall, Charlee Hall, Beverley Callard
- TMDB rating: 7.1/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0278251/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: none
- Tone: bawdy, breezy, irreverent, warm, sardonic

## Synopsis

Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps (2001-2011) is a British sitcom created by Susan Nickson for BBC Two, BBC Choice and BBC Three. Set in the northern town of Runcorn in Cheshire, England, it follows a tight circle of loveable twenty-somethings who gather at their local pub to talk about life and love. Will Mellor plays Gaz, Kathryn Drysdale plays Louise, Sheridan Smith plays Janet, Ralf Little plays Jonny and Natalie Casey plays Donna, and their friendships are the heart of the show. The engine is ordinary young adult life: dating disasters, flatshare friction, jobs that go nowhere and the constant need to find someone to love. Each episode is a half hour built from pub conversations that turn into sexual innuendo, blunt vulgarity and comic bickering. Across nine seasons the show stays a loose, episodic comedy rather than a single arc. Its tone is bawdy, breezy and affectionate, with a working class northern sensibility that fans of Peep Show, Friends and Shameless will find familiar. The result is a warm, rude and very British hangout comedy.

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