Will Mellor has thrown the cat amongst the pigeons for sitcom fans. The Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps star is calling for a reunion for the series, but also says it was a 'bigger show' than Gavin And Stacey. Mellor played Gaz Wilkinson on the show, and he says he'd be up for a reunion show in the future. He says that co-star Ralf Little is also up for a possible
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Will Mellor teases Two Pints reboot – claiming sitcom ‘was bigger than Gavin & Stacey’ and deserves same treatment
2 Mar 2021, 0:01
WILL Mellor has issued a rallying cry for a Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps reunion - arguing the series was bigger than BBC favourite Gavin and Stacey.
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Actor Will Mellor has issued a rallying cry for a Two Pints Of Lager re-bootCredit: Rex Features
Will, 44, played Gaz Wilkinson for the entirety of Two Pints nine series, which spanned from 2001 to 2011.
He has sent fans in a tizz teasing an upcoming instalment, and told the Radio Times: We need to do a reunion. Ralf Little’s also up for it – I know his character got eaten by a shark, but we’d just say he was running away from a loan shark and has been hiding in Spain!
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Noughties hit Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps broke new ground and set its cast of working-class Northern kids up for huge success
26 February 2021 • 4:00pm Like university, except with money - Will Mellor, Natalie Casey, Sheridan Smith, Ralf Little and Kathryn Drysdale starred in the BBC comedy
It was a broad, warm and gag-packed Noughties sitcom about working-class characters who lived refreshingly far from the metropolitan bubble. It was a niche commission that unexpectedly became a mainstream hit. Its cast would go on to star in many of our best-loved dramas.
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“And I’d realised quite consciously that I needed someone really powerful to go and bat for the idea.”
The writer revealed how he spent 18 months trying to pitch it to various companies.
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However, thankfully he then managed to get Tony Jordan on board, who has just founded Red Planet Pictures.
Thorogood entered his script into his competition, which helped get him in the door.
He told RadioTimes.com: “When I pitched it to Tony, I immediately followed it up with, ‘But unfortunately it’ll never happen.