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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“Or it was too expensive, or ‘we don’t do TV set in the Caribbean.’
“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.
“What could this mean..?
“Keep your eyes peeled! #TwoPintsIsTwenty,”
His post included a screen grab of Susan Nickson’s message, which was simply a shark emoji.
Ralf Little and Will Mellor on their podcast - Two Pints With Will & Ralph (Image: Twitter/RalfLittle)
Ralf Little took to Twitter last night to share an update with fans (Image: Twitter)
Ralf Little with the cast of Two Pints of Larger and a Packet of Crisps (Image: Getty Images)
The most followed accounts on Twitter (Image: Express)
Many took to the comments section of the post to share their thoughts on the matter.
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