TWO DOORS DOWN RETURNS FOR CHRISTMAS SPECIAL ON BBC TWO

The Christmas special will be filmed in line with Covid-19 industry guidelines but will be taking a side-step from the current pandemic to focus on laughs.

Steven Canny, Executive Producer at BBC Studios Comedy, says: “I’m delighted that Two Doors Down is going to give people the neighbourly get-together they have been missing out on in recent times. Eric, Beth, Colin, Cathy, Ian, Gordon and, of course, Christine get together to celebrate in the way that only they can. This special episode is the complete package of uncomfortable comments, barbed compliments and, of course, a ton of laughs.”

The cast include Arabella Weir as Beth and Alex Norton as Eric - the long-suffering Bairds - and Elaine C Smith as Christine, Doon Mackichan as Cathy and Jonathan Watson as her husband Colin Whyte, Jamie Quinn as the Bairds’ son Ian and Kieran Hodgson as his boyfriend Gordon.

Graeme ‘Grado’ Stevely and Joy McAvoy, who play young couple Alan and Michelle, will not feature in the Christmas special but will be back for the fifth series, which is due to be recorded and shown next year.

The fifth series of the comedy will air in 2021 on BBC Two. It last had a Christmas special in 2018, with its fourth series going on to air in 2019.