List of Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps episodes

The following is a list of episodes for the British television series, Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, a BBC sitcom written by Susan Nickson. It is set in the town of Runcorn in Cheshire, England and revolves around the lives of five twenty-somethings.

This list is ordered by the original air dates on BBC channels in the United Kingdom.

Series One (2001)

#	Title	Description	Original air date
1.1	Fags, Shags and Kebabs	When Donna tells Janet that she is looking for a boyfriend, Janet asks her boyfriend, Jonny, to persuade his friend, Gaz, to go on a blind date with Donna. He finally convinces him to go on a date when Janet threatens to reveal that his favourite film is “Titanic”. A double date results in Janet, Johnny and Donna storming out. In the local chippy Jonny gives Donna Gaz’s number and she goes to his flat. She thinks she has made a mistake when she finds his pornography collection but despite bitterly arguing she and Gaz end up having sex. In a sub-plot Louise gets a job as a barmaid but quits when her boss offers her a bag of peanuts in exchange for sex.	26 February 2001
1.2	Spunk	Donna is waiting for Gaz to call her after their date, but eventually goes to see him first, where they agree to have lots of sex but without commitment and couply things but their plan backfires when Gaz is invited to have Sunday dinner with the Henshaws where he is made to feel uncomfortable by Flo and Kate, Donna’s sister. On Gaz’s advice, Jonny starts to be meaner to Janet to improve their relationship but fails miserably but after Gaz convinces him to follow his plan Jonny goes missing the next day. Janet is upset and throws a remote control, which breaks Gaz’s nose when he says it was his idea. While in hospital Gaz finds Jonny who has been concussed as an old woman hit him when he offered her help in crossing the road. Jonny and Janet make up in the hospital. Louise finds out that she has put on weight for the first time since she was 14 and starts to go on a diet. Her weight loss obsession is cured when she finds stretch marks around her legs.	5 March 2001
1.3	Bone With the Wind	Gaz is worried that Donna may be planning to move in after he finds her toothbrush in his flat, which Johnny suggests to him is merging. Janet starts to think Jonny no longer fancies her, and tries various ways to improve her love life with Jonny, such as buying lingerie, which only results in Jonny becoming suspicious. Janet forces Jonny out the house so she and Donna can make him a romantic meal but in the pub Gaz and Jonny decide that Donna and Janet are having an affair and go to confront the man they believe is with their girlfriend, whom they have dubbed ‘Pedro’, with socks containing eggs only to find they were doing it all for Jonny. After falling for a gay man, Louise decides to make the best of the situation and become a fag hag.	12 March 2001
1.4	Angry Wangry	Janet wants to become demure and educated and decides to attempt to become a student and is invited to read at a poetry meeting by Cameron, a student friend of Louise. Jonny is totally against the idea but Janet endeavours and does everything she can to impress Cameron. However, her reading doesn’t go down too well with the audience, so Jonny speaks out in her defence, which goes downs a storm. Donna vows to be less angry after criticism from Flo . Gaz feels that he isn’t attractive to women any more and goes on the pull only to be caught be Donna. Jonny is chatted up by two women and tries to get them to go away but they like his hard-to-get attitude and offer to ‘lez up’. Jonny gives them the cold shoulder and goes home to watch ER Donna also catches Gaz sniffing Floella’s hair the next day although she does nothing because she is trying to be calm. She finally loses it and pushes Gaz in the canal at the end of the episode.	19 March 2001
1.5	Lard	Jonny is worried that he is falling for Louise, but is reassured when he kisses her and notices she tastes of lard. Donna redecorates Gaz’s flat, resulting in an argument between them because it is too feminine for him, but they make up. Janet tries to become a comedienne, but fails miserably until she finds out about Jonny and Louise and is very funny when insulting the rest of the gang.	26 March 2001
1.6	Ugly Babies	Donna and Janet both think that they might be pregnant, but Janet is reluctant to tell Jonny. Jonny begins to want more to happen in his life, so tries riding a pony and going on a train but this does not cheer him up. Janet finds out that she isn’t pregnant just as Jonny starts to come around to the idea. Donna however is revealed at the end of the episode to be pregnant.	2 April 2001

Series Two (2002)

#	Title	Description	Original air date
2.1	On the Blob	Janet and Jonny come home to find Donna who confides in Janet about her pregnancy. Having found him running through the streets in his underwear, Jonny reassures Gaz as Donna had told him that she may be pregnant. Donna finds out that she got her dates mixed up and isn’t pregnant, although Gaz is bitterly disappointed as he was starting to look favourably on it as he could become responsible and stable. However, Janet makes him realize he can do this with an adult relationship with Donna. Gaz then offers to take Donna on a date to ‘the finest drinking establishment in town’ although to Donna’s disappointment this is just having a can of lager in Gaz’s garage. In a sub-plot, after having dream to which Donna is pregnant, Louise believes that she is a psychic and, on her advice, Jonny becomes a mime although this does not last long. Louise discovers she isn’t psychic after she finds out that Donna is not pregnant.	15 April 2002
2.2	Bungle	Jonny wins £1000 on a scratch card, causing much speculation among the other characters as to what he will do with his money, although they have mostly stupid ideas. Donna and Gaz finally have a conversion in the pub although Flo thinks Donna should hire a conversational prostitute because she thinks Gaz will leave her. Janet throws a dinner party to celebrate Jonny’s scratch card win under the false impression that Jonny will spend the money on an engagement ring and is deeply upset when she finds out otherwise as is Donna when Gaz comments that he agrees with Jonny on the stupidity of marriage. Donna and Gaz make up that night. Louise also has a new posh boyfriend called James who she thinks is a ‘sex monster’ but whilst drunk he reveals at the dinner party that he is a virgin. Louise is at first upset at this but changes her mind when she realizes she can get James to do anything she wants. At the end of the episode, Jonny reveals he has spent the money on hiring the children’s TV character Bungle, who comes with a free bouncy castle.	22 April 2002
2.3	Dirty Girls	Janet finds an old love letter from her ex-boyfriend, Andy, making Jonny jealous. Donna's mother asks her to move out. Louise considers experimenting with homosexuality after she realises that she doesn’t fancy her boyfriend.	29 April 2002
2.4	Vomit	Gaz asks Donna to move in with him. Janet meets up with Andy in the pub. Jonny falls ill. Louise buys a dog. Gaz sees Janet and Andy kiss outside the Archer.	6 May 2002
2.5	Crusty Curtains	Jonny and Janet argue over Janet’s kiss with Andy. Gaz and Donna argue over Donna being too demanding in their new living arrangements. Donna ends up spending the night at Jonny’s flat, and Janet spends the night with Gaz.	13 May 2002
2.6	Mo Mo and Pigsy	Louise attempts to predict the future with astrology. Jonny and Donna go to Andy’s house to search for Janet. The couples reunite in the pub and Jonny proposes to Janet, using the ring he stole from Andy’s house.	20 May 2002

Series Three (2003)

#	Title	Description	Original air date
3.1	Munch	Janet accepts Jonny’s proposal but insists that he buys her a ring, so he tries to find a job. Gaz discovers he has a half-brother, Munch. Louise goes on a date with Andy to an expensive restaurant, but Andy walks out, leaving Louise to pay the bill.	23 February 2003
3.2	Fish	Louise gets a valentine and goes to meet the sender. He turns out to be David; he used to go to school with Louise but has spent the last eight years living in Australia. Jonny gets Janet to quit smoking. Gaz and Donna learn new things about each other’s living habits.	2 March 2003
3.3	Kangaroo	Jonny asks Janet’s father for her hand in marriage. Donna plans a kinky night in with Gaz. Louise tries to be more mature to prolong her relationship with David.	9 March 2003
3.4	Beastiality	Janet's father has refused Jonny's request to marry Janet, and they decide to have the wedding on a small budget. Janet buys a secondhand wedding dress, but its previous owner was several sizes larger than Janet. Munch takes a shine to Donna, which annoys Gaz. Louise discovers that David has a colourful past, including sleeping with Donna, whom she insults. Donna then smacks Louise in the mouth (And there was much rejoicing!). The registry office calls Janet and Jonny to tell them there is a cancellation for the next day and they can marry.	16 March 2003
3.5	Hospikal	Jonny blackmails Janet’s dad into paying for the wedding after seeing him with Donna’s mum. Janet suspects that Jonny is blackmailing him, so Jonny tells Janet that he saw her dad dressed in women’s clothing. Gaz is in hospital after he tries to avoid Munch.	23 March 2003
3.6	Dresses, Dresses, Dresses	Janet, Donna and Louise go shopping for wedding dresses with money from Janet's dad. Gaz and Jonny steal a barrel from outside the pub and struggle to get it open in Gaz’s workshop. When they finally get it open, it's only full of barrel wash. At least part of this episode is set on Meat Loaf’s birthday (according to Gaz’s calendar that came free with Smash Hits), which is 27 September.	30 March 2003
3.7	Fockin’ Mokky Bokka	Gaz and Donna lose sleep to due to very noisy neighbours. Jonny has trouble at his new job. Louise becomes scared of ageing and David tries to comfort her.	6 April 2003
3.8	Jammy Dodgers	Jonny and Janet worry that they don’t care what each other thinks after they realise that they rarely argue. Louise has sex troubles with David. Gaz insists that Donna goes on more nights out. Donna spends most of the night outside their flat to make Gaz think that she has gone out with her mates.	13 April 2003
3.9	Dump	Janet writes a list of wedding presents that she wants and Jonny helps Donna find the gifts that Janet wants in the dump. Gaz teaches Munch about women. Louise meets David’s deaf sister and visits Munch’s house with his Social Services supervisor.	20 April 2003
3.10	Schluballybub	Janet leaves Jonny because she feels that she doesn’t love him anymore. David buys Louise a plant as a test of trust, which upsets her. Gaz accuses Donna over a wart that he finds. Donna and David begin to talk after both having arguments with their partners, which angers Gaz.	27 April 2003

Musical Special (2003)

#	Title	Description	Original air date
Sp.1	When Janet Met Jonny	As Janet leaves Jonny, a musical flashback shows how they met and how Donna rejects Gaz’s initial advances. This special is set before the start of Series 1 and contains pastiches of several then current musical videos.	21 December 2003

Series Four (2004)

#	Title	Description	Original airdate
4.1	Corinthian Dies	Jonny misses Janet’s note about leaving him as he comforts Gaz after his argument with Donna. Gaz and Donna get back together, while Louise dumps David.	15 February 2004
4.2	Piggy Goes Oink	Louise blames David for taking her missing library book. Janet’s dad helps her kick Jonny out of her house and Jonny meets up with barmaid Kate. Donna wants to become a student with help from David, but Gaz isn’t happy about it.	22 February 2004
4.3	My Delicious Guava	Janet regrets dumping Jonny and starts to miss him. Jonny’s first date with Kate doesn’t go to plan. Louise tries to move in with Janet. Gaz feels rejected while Donna is working on her first assignment as a student.	29 February 2004
4.4	Cuggles	Janet goes on a blind date. Jonny’s relationship with Kate improves. Louise struggles to find a job as she is graduating. Gaz still feels rejected by Donna and sleeps with Janet after her poor date.	7 March 2004
4.5	Purgatory	Janet throws a party because Jonny needs somewhere to have sex with Kate. She confesses her love to Jonny there. Gaz feels guilty about sleeping with Janet and Donna feels guilty about rejecting him, so the couple try to do something special.	14 March 2004
4.6	Mate Date	Jonny insists that Kate goes on a “mate date” with Gaz. Donna tells Gaz to split up Jonny and Kate and in return she will act out a sexual fantasy with him. After Gaz makes a move on Kate, she forces Jonny to choose between her and his friends. Meanwhile, Louise becomes the new boss at the bakery.	21 March 2004
4.7	Homeless and Horny	After his breakup with Kate, Jonny’s dad kicks him out of his house and Janet tries to lure him back home. Louise is sacked from the bakery after becoming power mad. Donna is propositioned by her new tutor, Philip. Gaz becomes impotent.	28 March 2004
4.8	Filthy Brunching	Janet tries to excite Jonny more than Kate did after they get back together. Donna has brunch with her tutor, making Gaz very jealous. While he confronts Philip, his impotency cures itself. Louise gets a job at the Office for National Statistics where she accidentally wipes Jonny’s records. She returns the same evening to recreate them, but also adds in a fanciful criminal record. The police track down Jonny, and the series ends in a hail of bullets in the grounds of Halton Castle high above Runcorn.	4 April 2004

Series Five (2005)

#	Title	Description	Original air date
5.1	Dead	It is the day of Flo’s funeral, but Donna finds herself becoming horny. After surviving the police shooting at the end of the last series, Jonny is a local celebrity and he is desperate to make the most of this. Louise is arrested for being responsible for Jonny’s shooting, but is later bailed out by Janet.	2 January 2005
5.2	Nobbly Bobbly	Jonny develops agoraphobia after his shooting. Donna inherits her mother’s house, on condition that she must not open the cupboard under the stairs. But Gaz hears noises coming from under the stairs, they open the door, and the staircase collapses, so they return to their flat. Louise goes into therapy and decides that she must tell Donna about Gaz and Janet sleeping together.	9 January 2005
5.3	Shrink	Jonny and Janet plan their second wedding attempt and Janet discovers that she is pregnant. Gaz kisses Louise so that he and Janet can blackmail her into not telling Jonny that they slept together. Donna decides to spend the money from selling her mum’s house to go hiking in Ecuador with Gaz, however, he accidentally tells her about him and Janet sleeping together.	16 January 2005
5.4	Ecuador	Jonny buys a car and gets driving lessons from Gaz. Louise tries to force Jonny into publicly forgiving her for the shooting by threatening him with the destruction of his car. Jonny gives her new dress to a charity shop, so she gets his car crushed. Donna leaves Gaz and tries to go to Ecuador on her own, but Gaz takes her passport. Janet tries to persuade Donna not to go, but she is determined. As a gesture of goodwill, Janet returns Donna’s passport to her, which makes Donna think that Janet wants her to go, and as a result Donna decides to stay.	23 January 2005
5.5	Potato People	Janet tries to make up with Donna. Gaz tries to take advantage of being single. Jonny gets Louise to help him with his “job” of selling alcohol to teenagers after he is banned from the off-licence.	30 January 2005
5.6	Antlers	Jonny’s stag night doesn’t go to Gaz’s plans as he doesn’t want anyone there who knows that he slept with Janet. Louise makes the most of her possible last night of freedom at Janet’s hen night, as her trial for shooting Jonny is the next day.	6 February 2005
5.7	Crab	Jonny and Janet wake up in a truck on their wedding day. Gaz and Donna try to find them and try to ensure that Janet and Jonny’s names get on a wedding certificate. As they can’t find them, Gaz and Donna pose as Jonny and Janet for the wedding ceremony. Meanwhile Louise’s trial seems to go well, but as she won’t admit that she did something stupid, she is ordered to do community service.	13 February 2005
5.8	Fat	6 months after the wedding: Gaz has put on a lot of weight and must find a way to lose it quickly; Donna has a promotion; Louise is doing her community service; and Jonny gets a job at the pub, with his usual degree of success.	20 February 2005
5.9	Stot or Pronk	Donna wants to get surgery after she becomes envious of Gaz getting back into shape. Louise prepares a heavily-pregnant Janet to enter the pub quiz. Jonny, feeling worried about the baby, persuades Gaz to help Janet with the ante-natal classes.	27 February 2005
5.10	Who’s the Daddy?	Janet goes into labour. Gaz and Donna fail to reconcile. Gaz is hit by the ambulance that comes to take Janet to the hospital; he later confesses to Jonny that he slept with Janet. Louise wheels Janet to the hospital where she gives birth to a boy. Jonny names him Corinthian McVitie Keogh. Jonny confronts Janet about Gaz, and Gaz and Donna make up in hospital.	6 March 2005
5.11	Bababababa	Janet becomes a baby bore and Jonny tries to regain her attention. Now that Gaz is back with Donna, and Janet has a baby, Louise feels ignored and tries to get one of Kelly’s men for herself. Donna is unhappy about her and Gaz babysitting Corinthian.	13 March 2005
5.12	God	Louise becomes religious. Jonny tries to make Corinthian more exciting, Janet suggests getting him christened and making Donna and Gaz godparents. Gaz takes Donna’s mum’s HRT tablets to try and become more sensitive.	20 March 2005
5.13	Love 83199	Janet suffers post-natal depression and Jonny finds his dream job at a biscuit factory. Louise becomes romantic with her mobile phone. Donna and Gaz find a house to buy, but Gaz doesn’t want to leave the flat; also, the house they have seen is surrounded by sheep, which make Gaz phobic.	27 March 2005
5.14	Near, Far	Janet is offered a job singing on a cruise ship. Louise is in a relationship with Mick, “stylist to the stars — of Hollyoaks”. Jonny has his interview for the job at the biscuit factory. Gaz stands up to the sheep and he and Donna are going to move into the house. Just as everyone seems ready to move on, all of their futures fall apart, except Janet.	3 April 2005

Series Six (2006)

#	Title	Description	Original air date
6.1	Speedycruise!	Jonny doesn’t want Janet to leave her family behind to work on the cruise ship. Jonny says that they could all go together but as Corinthian doesn’t have a passport he and Jonny can’t get on the boat. When Janet finds out what she is expected to wear, she immediately leaves. Gaz is unemployed after his dad sells the garage. He tries to convince Donna to buy the garage with the money from selling her mum’s house, but she wants to buy a mobile library (wanting to call it the ‘Donnabile-library’). Louise’s mum is taken into hospital with kidney failure and tells Louise that she is adopted.	26 February 2006
6.2	Goblins	Janet makes money by making toy goblins. Jonny campaigns for baby changing facilities in the pub. Donna is convinced that her sexist employers are preventing her from getting promoted because she is a woman and she is sacked after she tries to prove that she can drive a van. Louise is given a letter from her real parents, but can’t physically open it.	5 March 2006
6.3	Mummy Cupboard	Janet pawns her wedding ring and tries to make money by working on a sex chat line. Jonny decides that Corinthian should not be exposed to his bad influences. Louise meets her father. Gaz wants to propose to Donna, but he can’t as she is acting like a male so that they can get more work done at the garage together.	12 March 2006
6.4	Cauliflower	Gaz refuses to accept Donna’s refusal to his wedding proposal. Louise meets her father, a gay alcoholic who begins to fancy Jonny. Janet starts shoplifting after she accidentally steals some clothes from a shop. When Donna finally accepts Gaz’s proposal, he tries to give her a dream wedding, to her horror.	19 March 2006
6.5	Drunk	Louise struggles with alcoholism. Jonny decides to become more macho. Donna refuses to have Gaz’s baby, so he decides to reclaim Corinthian.	26 March 2006
6.6	Croppity Crops	Jonny decides to become a farmer. After her alcoholism, Louise decides that she needs a family and tries to join Janet and Jonny’s. Janet lives in fear after Gaz’s attempt to take Corinthian. Donna introduces Gaz to tantric sex, but after they fail, Gaz starts to donate to a sperm bank.	2 April 2006
6.7	Finger Sniffing	Janet and Donna compete for a job managing the pub. Louise buys a car with her mother’s legacy, but prior to her actual death. Jonny realises that Gaz is the father of Corinthian and gives him to Gaz, until Gaz reveals that Corinthian can’t be his due to his low sperm count.	9 April 2006
6.8	War, Hurrgh!	After getting the manager’s job, Janet turns the pub into a war theme pub. To get back at Janet, Donna poses as a health inspector to try to close the pub. Louise becomes a prostitute to pay off her debt after her mother lives. Jonny buys Gaz a puppy to nurture, to help him with his desire to have children. After he accidentally kills the puppy, Gaz tries to adopt. Gaz tells Janet that Donna isn’t a health inspector, so she deliberately makes the pub dirty, but at the same time, a real health inspector comes in to inspect it.	16 April 2006
6.9	Closing Time	The brewery closes the pub due to health concerns, but Kelly and Janet try to stop them from doing so. Louise is pregnant and tries to find out who may be the father. Gaz volunteers for him and Donna to look after Donna’s 16 year old brother. Jonny fears he may be turning homosexual.	23 April 2006
6.10	When Janet Killed Jonny	The group break into The Archer, despite a curse which states that everyone who enters will be killed by the thing they love the most. Kelly is suffocated by crisp packets, Louise saws her own head off after sawing into her own leg and bashing herself in the head with a hammer, Donna gets chopped in two trying to break through the glass ceiling, Gaz is crushed by Donna’s legs and Jonny is consumed by a giant Jammie Dodger. Janet isn’t seen being killed, but as she tries to escape, she is pulled back into the building by the rest of her friends. Janet then wakes up finding it all to have been a dream. However, she turns her head away from Jonny and when she turns back to look his head is a giant Jammie Dodger....	30 April 2006

Series Seven (2008)

#	Title	Description	Original air date
7.1	When Jonny Met Sharky	Synopsis: Jonny is away in Hawaii, having won a competition to go shark-jumping. Meanwhile, Donna and Janet decide they need jobs and end up competing for the position of barmaid at the reopened Archer. The new bar manager, Tim, has changed the Archer into a theme pub, and although the theme is John Barrowman, it initially looks exactly the same as before. Louise decides that her squeaky voice is not helping her, and resolves to do something about it. Gaz would like to do something as exciting as Jonny, and tries several stunts. At the end of the episode, Janet receives a chilling telephone call from Hawaii explaining that Jonny has been eaten by a shark. Production: The episode was broadcast live and opened with a shot of the studio control room before showing the studio itself; only three sets were used- Gaz & Donna’s flat, The Archer, and Janet and Jonny’s living room, although some exterior shots were used as links. At the end, the cast took their bows to the studio audience. Notes: When Gaz asks why anyone would want to water-ski over a shark, Janet replies with The Fonz's catchphrase “Aaay!”, underlining the reference to Happy Days. There are references in the narrative to the fact that the episode is being broadcast live; Tim refers to the programme which actually followed the initial broadcast, and Janet comments on what she has just seen on BBC Three. Gaz is seen emulating Evel Knievel, recreating Malcolm Hardee’s “balloon dance” and attempting fire eating. In the karaoke scene, Donna sings "Chick Chick Chicken", which was a UK hit record for Natalie Casey when she was three years old; Donna says that she is going to "release [it] as a 12-inch drum and bass remix". Reception: 806,000 viewers watched the live broadcast and a further 291,000 the later repeat, giving the show its highest ever rating.	13 January 2008
7.2	Dabdaa!	The episode opens with Jonny’s funeral, and Janet is having difficulty coming to terms with his death. She resolves to follow the Five Stages of Grief: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and Acceptance as quickly as possible. Meanwhile, Louise announces her pregnancy and Donna has started working at The Archer. Gaz tries to comfort Janet but Donna remains suspicious of his motives in doing so.	20 January 2008
7.3	Homophobia is Gay	Janet has no money and is reduced to wrapping herself in turf to keep warm. Donna tries to help Tim admit his homosexuality even though he claims to be happily married to a rugby-playing wife; this backfires and Tim fires her. Meanwhile, Gaz misses male company following Jonny’s death. Louise conducts a fake séance to persuade Janet that she should move in. Munch reappears and appears to have found God.	27 January 2008
7.4	Dead Jonny Walking	Donna is now running The Archer and is too busy to arrange her wedding to Gaz, which is a week away. Jonny’s memorial stone arrives but Janet does not want to look at it, although she tries to keep Corinthian aware of him. Louise is revealed to be carrying a baby girl but isn't happy because “it might be prettier than me!” After a glass of Vimto, Munch’s religious enthusiasm fades, and he is upset when Gaz wishes he were “less stupid." Louise panics when her baby’s heartbeat cannot be heard, but this turns out to be because the nurse is drunk and the baby was lying on her side. Louise realises that she will love her baby girl. It turns out that Munch can read--just not music!	10 February 2008
7.5	Here Bums the Bride	Donna and Gaz have their wedding! Since Janet organised it, the decorations are completely Jonny-centric. Louise advises Janet to throw out some of Jonny’s things in order to get over her loss. Janet shows Louise a box of Jonny’s old love letters; Louise finds a letter from the hospital addressed to Jonny. Janet takes most of Jonny’s possessions to the charity shop where she reveals to Donna that she actually isn’t coping well with her loss. Louise decides to keep the letter a secret as it reveals that Jonny had had a DNA test which showed that he was not Corinthian’s father. However, she eventually shows it to Gaz. Meanwhile, Janet becomes interested in Munch.	17 February 2008
7.6	Six Months Later	Louise is now nine months pregnant but doesn’t think the baby shows. Finding a pile of neglected post, she discovers that the rent hasn’t been paid and Janet is about to be evicted. Meanwhile, Donna is fed up with The Archer and wants to move into area management, and eagerly awaits a phone call in relation to an interview. To help Janet, Louise finds Aidan, who has just robbed a Post Office and as a result is rich. Gaz wants to buy Janet's house, but Donna prefers a more upmarket property. In the end she relents, but her hopes of promotion are dashed.	24 February 2008
7.7	African Death Face	Donna and Gaz are now living in Janet’s house, and because she doesn’t understand management-speak, Donna’s job interview doesn’t go well. Janet and Gaz are left alone and rekindle old desires. Meanwhile, Louise is preparing for her baby’s birth but in Donna’s absence ends up being her own birthing-partner. Janet realises she and Gaz should stay together but Donna returns from a successful interview and tells Gaz they are moving to London.	2 March 2008
7.8	Borry	Gaz is not keen on moving south with Donna, and has fallen in love with Janet; Donna has met a new man called Wesley in London and wants to move on from Gaz. However, Gaz lets slip that he and Janet are in love, and Donna throws beer over them but eventually realises that Janet and Gaz belong together, because they are “scum” — but in a nice way. Meanwhile Louise is about to give birth, aided only by Munch, and produces (in The Archer) a beautiful girl whom she names “Louise Louise Brooks," although she tells Munch the name is “Louise Munch Brooks." Gaz and Donna part on ostensibly good terms, and the episode closes with flashbacks of moments throughout the series, to the background of Avril Lavigne's When You're Gone.	9 March 2008

Series Eight (2009)

Comic Relief Special, 2009

#	Title	Description	Original air date
Sp.2	When Janet met Michelle	Synopsis: The various characters decide to gather at The Archer for Timothy Claypole's Comic Relief fundraiser; Tim calls everyone he knows and claims he is "more popular than Birkenstocks at a lesbian wake". Donna is seen in a green screen Piccadilly Circus, realising that Runcorn is where she belongs. Tim's contest consists of three events: a "bitch-off", a "drink-off" and a "flirt-off". Notes This was a curtain raiser for the new series and a one-off special for Comic Relief, bringing together "Two Pints.." and two other BBC Three comedies - Coming of Age and Grownups. The title sequence was re-edited to include newer material and to superimpose the Comic Relief Red Nose. Joe Pasquale appears in a cameo role, as does a cardboard cut-out of Jeremy Clarkson frequently used in Coming of Age. In Janet and Michelle's initial appearance together, split screen techniques are used, but after this, a body double (Rachel Marwood) is used. Michelle briefly sings "My Heart Will Go On" in reference to Janet's rendition in the episode "Near, Far". Will Mellor has said that the language was toned down to suit a younger audience. Reception: The episode was watched by 688,000 viewers.	8 March 2009

#	Title	Description	Original air date
8.1	Candle	Synopsis: Janet has kept a candle made from Jonny's earwax as a memento; it is also Gaz and Janet's first night in as a couple, and they can't decide whether to stay in or go out. Gaz has booked a babysitter for Corinthian but Janet is shocked to discover that it's his ex, "Bald Shirley". Meanwhile, memories of Jonny are hard to put aside, but Janet wants Gaz to get a Court order of parental responsibility for Corinthian. Notes This episode was largely a two-hander between Janet and Gaz featuring only four actors, the smallest number of any episode to date, and took place entirely on the Janet and Jonny's living room set. It is the first episode in Two Pints history not to feature Natalie Casey or Kathryn Drysdale, although they appeared in the opening and closing credits. Reception: The episode was watched by 523,000 viewers.	15 March 2009
8.2	Gazman	Gaz decides he will be "the best dad ever" to Corinthian, dresses in flat cap, thick-rimmed glasses and comfortable sweater, and tries his parenting skills out on Tim. Meanwhile Louise is having some difficulty with her baby and seeks help from Janet. Donna returns from London for a visit and wants to move back, possibly with Wesley. Gaz goes to court to seek an order for parental responsibility, but arrived back home thinking his application has been rejected. He and Janet confront the judge, who says she will approve him. Wesley arrives, but is patronising towards the group and insulting to Runcorn. Donna decides to move back home.	22 March 2009 Reception: The episode was watched by 439,000 viewers.[|-	8.3	Flan Van		29 March 2009
8.4	Ello Ello		5 April 2009