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Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps - Series 1 - Complete [2001]
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The five northern students the series revolves around are all thoroughly charmless and unsympathetic--something like Big Brother contestants with a script--and while it is possible to make a great sitcom in which none of the characters is remotely likable, the writing has to be amazingly good--on a par, in fact, with Fawlty Towers, I'm Alan Partridge or The Office. Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, in contrast, is little more than a series of limps from one ancient joke about bodily functions to the next.--Andrew Mueller
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Editorial
Amazon.co.uk Review
Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps is yet another of British television's endless and fruitless efforts to emulate such American sitcom leviathans as Friends. One can only wonder why they bother. The American networks have the immense reservoirs of money necessary to hire ensembles of superstar actors and legions of clever writers; Two Pints of Lager is a pretty clear-cut case of the title also being the production budget.
Northern English Soul
Review date: 2005-07-03 Rating: 10 out of 10
As many of my fellow reviewers have pointed out, this is a comedy which is easily accessible to all audiences.
It has the reality of such 'docu-coms' as 'The Office' and 'The Royle Family' yet all the trimmings of the quintessential British sitcom.
It doesn't take itself seriously and in no way tries to link itself to 'Friends'... Why should it?
Full of humour and situations which (lets face it) most young people are confronted with in their everyday life, this show is a fantastic example of modern comedy with actors who are genuinelly funny and 'un-self obsessed' individuals.
Do you see them demanding 1 million pounds per episode? I think not!...
This sitcom is everything that Friends couldn't be in my opinion and the end of series four made me cry last night.
I hope they go on to make us laugh more as they have done over the past 5 years!
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Reviews
USA viewer loves this series
Review date: 2005-04-10 Rating: 10 out of 10
As a born and raised USA citizen, I love this series. I find most Britcoms so much more interesting and real than US sitcoms in general. The writing is good, the actors funny, and low budget or not, this is just one funny show! I love Donna's mom in this series. Slutty, yet hilarious, without actually being too vulgar. I will buy all 5 series. My 16 year old teenager finds this comedy extremely entertaining.
From Runcorn with love.........
Review date: 2003-05-21 Rating: 10 out of 10
Two Pints... is filmed in my home town of Runcorn, so call me biased, but I love this programme. I find the humour childish - like my own! and I really like the characters. I laugh out loud at the script. The characters are like REAL people, they swear and smoke and drink and you can see the true friendships too. I love it ! When can I buy series 2 and 3 ???
I am from Runcorn !!!
Review date: 2003-04-02 Rating: 10 out of 10
Laugh Out Loud !
I live in Runcorn where the writer, Susan Nickson, is from. It is great for me to spot all the places around here but I do really love this programme.
It has a childlike humour which I totally relate to. All 5 main characters are brilliant.
I will be ordering series 2 as soon as it is available and I am currently watching series 3 on BBC3 on Sunday nights - even funnier!
Another round please!
Hilarious
Review date: 2003-02-24 Rating: 8 out of 10
Two Pints is absolutely hysterical, if you have a particular type of sense of humour. The characters work well with each other, and this is worth buying just for Donna's Mum's lines, one of which (not sure if it's on this video) goes along the lines of:
Donna: Mum, I'm moving out
Mum: Well, where are you gonna go?
Donna: I don't know, I'll get a flat somewhere.
Mum (angrily): Oh no, you're not living in a flat. Do you know what they do to people who live in flats? They kill them.
Buy it now.
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Sheridan Smith
Kathryn Drysdale
Natalie Casey
Ralf Little
Will Mellor
Creators:
Natalie Casey (Primary Contributor)
Ralf Little (Primary Contributor)
Director(s):
Recording label: 2 Entertain Video
Manufacturer: 2 Entertain Video
EAN: 5014503729523
Binding: VHS Tape
Number of items: 1
Format: PAL,
Release date: 2002-04-22
Audience rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Running time: 180 minutes
Theatrical release date: 2001