PREVIEW: Two Doors Down Christmas Special, BBC Two

Award-winning comedy Two Doors Down is offering a Christmas getaway by taking the neighbours on a rare trip away from Latimer Crescent.

Covid-19 has wrecked Colin and Cathy’s plans for a Dubai Christmas so they’ve rented a luxury lodge in the Highlands and have invited Beth, Eric, Christine, Ian and Gordon along for the bit between Christmas and New Year. It may be a change of location but not in Cathy’s behaviour. Let’s just say it isn’t a case of goodwill to all men when she starts the celebrations a little bit early.

With the usual mix of fond memories and fierce rivalries, this Christmas special fizzes with brilliant one-liners and barbed put-downs. Will they make it through to the morning or will things spiral out of control?

Arabella Weir plays Beth, Alex Norton as her husband Eric, Jamie Quinn plays their son Ian with Kieran Hodgson as his boyfriend Gordon, Elaine C Smith as Christine, Doon Mackichan as Cathy and Jonathan Watson as her husband Colin.