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Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps
The lives of five loveable, 20-somethings are followed in the northern town of Runcorn in Cheshire, England, where the friends meet often at a local pub to chat about life and love.
- Created by:
- Susan Nickson
- Cast:
- Will Mellor, Natalie Casey, Freddie Hogan, Georgia Henshaw
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- Network:
- BBC Choice, BBC Two, BBC Three
Episode guide
Seasons
Series 8
Episodes
E01
Episode 1
Candle
2009-03-15 · 30mDonna returns to Runcorn to visit everyone as she has been missing them. Janet thinks that Donna might be lying about her wonderful new boyfriend called Wesley in London. Louise finds life as a mother tough. Donna asks her boyfriend to come to Runcorn to meet everyone.
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E02
Episode 2
Gazman
2009-03-22 · 30mAfter Janet is mugged she decides to try and become a Police Community Support Officer. Wesley seeks Gaz's help in winning Donna back after he shows up in Runcorn.
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E03
Episode 3
Flan Van
2009-03-29 · 30mAfter becoming a PCSO Janet makes her first arrest. Wesley attempts to fit in with the Runcorn way of life.
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E04
Episode 4
Ello Ello
2009-04-05 · 30mDonna and Gaz remember the past that they have shared after agreeing to get a divorce. At the end of the day they wonder if the have made the right decision.
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E05
Episode 5
D.I.V.O.R.C.E.
2009-04-19 · 30mGaz decides to ask Janet to become his wife following his divorce. Donna decides to help him. After Janet collapses she is taken to the hospital but nobody can hold of Gaz.
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E06
Episode 6
Val Doonican
2009-04-26 · 30mGaz is torn between the two girls and although he decides to stay with Janet for the sake of Corinthian, when he goes to tell Donna he realises he loves her, too, and can't be without her.
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E07
Episode 7
You Decide
2009-05-03 · 30mDonna and Janet try to get Gaz to make a decision about who he wants to be with and he ends up deciding to audition both of them. When Gaz finally decides who he wants he heads off to get his girl.
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E08
Episode 8
Keep on Running
2009-05-10 · 30mJanet is waiting in the pub for Gaz unaware that he has decided to choose Donna and that he has been involved in an accident. Janet is heartbroken after her dreams are crushed. Wesley and Janet both look to the future on their own.
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E09
Episode 9
The Aftermath - Part One: Waiting For Gaz
2009-12-15 · 30mAfter telling Donna that it is her that he wants to be with, Gaz has sliped into a coma. After praying to God, begging him to let Gaz recover, Donna imagines two parallel lives with Gaz, one where he makes a full recovery and another where he is paralyzed.
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E10
Episode 10
The Aftermath - Part Two: Sliding Gaz
2009-12-22 · 30mGaz has fallen into a coma, shortly after telling Donna he wanted to be with her. As she sits by his bedside, she begs God to give him back, saying that she is prepared to take 'whatever the consequences'. She imagines two separate realities, one where Gaz is back to full health and one where he is paralysed. Both possibilities are followed in parallel, which take very differing paths. How will fully-fit Gaz respond to the news that Donna may not want children in the future? Or that he may not have any friends? How will paralysed Gaz cope with being in a wheelchair, with the prospect that he may never walk again? How does this reflect on their relationship and can Donna really take either of these consequences?
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Will Mellor
Gaz
Natalie Casey
Donna
Freddie Hogan
Billy
Georgia Henshaw
Cassie
Luke Gell
Tim
