Early Doors

[Neilwarnocksbumbag]

Unreal, most underrated comedy ever

 

[Pak_Doo_Ik]

Todays clip, I love Eddie and Joan. Mark Benton is a genius

https://twitter.com/x/status/1525028808591560705

 

[Corcaigh_the_Cat]

Available on Daily Motion

Thanks, just watched the first two episodes, very good.

 

[RoaryTheLion]

Was he in a state of arousal?

No he was in a Ford Escort

 

[Pak_Doo_Ik]

Chopped egg in a cup

 

[Abel Tasman]

Yes you can get them here.

Cash and Mealey went on to write The Royal Family with Aherne and made themselves legends.

 

[HarryVegas]

Yes you can get them here.

Cash and Mealey went on to write The Royal Family with Aherne and made themselves legends.

To be fair, Craig Cash had already co-created The Royle Family with Caroline Ahearne and Henry Normal about 4 years before Early Doors began.

 

[Lightweight]

To be fair, Craig Cash had already co-created The Royle Family with Caroline Ahearne and Henry Normal about 4 years before Early Doors began.

Also Phil Mealy was involved in writing The Royal Family Specials but not the first 3 series.

 

[Abel Tasman]

To be fair, Craig Cash had already co-created The Royle Family with Caroline Ahearne and Henry Normal about 4 years before Early Doors began.

Yes you’re absolutely right. Mealey didn’t get involved with RF until after Early Doors so that’s where the timeline was confused.

 

[Pak_Doo_Ik]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1525405745092694016

By far the best thing in Twitter

John Leslie

 

[Yearbyred]

One of the best tv shows ever. Love everything about it.

The mix of humour and genuine emotion is wonderful. Brilliantly acted too.

 

[Pak_Doo_Ik]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1525756047490748416

Mark King, King of the Bass!!!

 

[Jedi boro]

Giving this a re-watch after many years and it is really top notch. The writing and acting is exceptional. Any fans?View attachment 38654

I bought the box set in lock down

Love the bent coppers.

 

[The Card Cheat]

They had a big problem getting this commissioned, BBC wouldn't touch it initially so the writers tried to bring a well known comedian (PK) in as executive producer to add some star backing, but he started to rewrite it and be a total d*ck about everything. So they ditched him, stuck to their guns and eventually BBC took it on. So close to becoming a script sat gathering dust on a shelf.

More evidence that Penelope Keith is a liability.
I concur that Early Doors is an underrated classic.

 

[Lemmy_kilmister]

"Pickles!"

 

[RoaryTheLion]

Bloody Hell

 

[Norman_Conquest]

I never watched all of this but enjoyed the episodes I did see. The pub and characters remind me of the Cleveland Inn, Normanby in the 80's & 90's when you had to be careful what you said or get tortured for months.

 

[NZBoro1]

think my favourite bit has to be Tommy and his job - where he goes on about how much he hates the people he works with.

I won't spoil it for those who haven't seen it

 

[jimmyjazz]

I'll stay on me own.

I squeeze this into general conversation whenever I get the chance. The thing is no one I know has seen Early Doors so have no idea why I say it. Gives me a little giggle inside every time. Brilliant show.

 

[ianson_smoggy]

Great tv. Would've loved to get to the live show. I'll be downloading it off vimeo.