Two Doors Down (TV series)
| Two Doors Down | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Simon Carlyle Gregor Sharp |
| Directed by | Simon Hynd |
| Starring | Arabella Weir Alex Norton Doon Mackichan Jonathan Watson Elaine C Smith Sharon Rooney Jamie Quinn Harki Bhambra |
| Country of origin | Scotland |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Steven Canny Ewan Angus Myfanwy Moore |
| Location(s) | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Camera setup | single camera |
| Running time | 28 minutes |
| Production company(s) | BBC Scotland |
| Release | |
| Original network |
BBC One Scotland (2013) BBC Two (2016–) |
| Original release |
Pilot: 31 December 2013 Series: 1 April 2016 – present |
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.
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.
† Ian is played by Kevin Guthrie in the pilot episode.
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.
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".
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