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Legendary BBC sitcom Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps is ‘set to make a comeback’ 15 years after it ended.
The hit series, which starred Sheridan Smith, Will Mellor and Ralf Little is the latest nostalgic show from the noughties to be given a second life.
It originally ran from 2001 until it was axed by bosses at the corporation in 2011.
Reports of a reboot comes after its creator Susan Nickson successfully obtained the rights to the show from the BBC.
A TV insider said: ‘Bagging the rights is crucial as it allows the show to be pitched elsewhere.
‘The sitcom is sex-and-booze-heavy and that’s just not where the woke BBC are heading right now.’
Legendary BBC sitcom Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps is ‘set to make a comeback’ 15 years after it ended (L-R Kathryn Drysdale, Ralf Little, Sheridan Smith, Will Mellor, and Natalie Casey)
The hit series, which starred Sheridan Smith, Will Mellor and Ralf Little is the latest nostalgic show from the noughties to be given a second life (pictured 2001)
They continued to The Sun: ‘The cast are up for it and hope something can happen this year.’
Actor Will, 49, who played Gaz in the show, has previously called for the series to be rebooted and previously told his co-star Ralf: ‘Let’s try to make it happen.’
He previously told Daily Mail how a script had been written for a new series.
Will explained of a potential reboot: ‘I’ve tried. I even got a script written by [creator] Susan Nixon. A first episode draft called Two Pints Last Orders.
‘It was going to be like a final series. Where are they now kind of thing. Johnny isn’t dead, he’s been on the run on the run from a loan shark or whatever.’
Will continued: ‘But BBC said no and BBC Three said no. They’re repeating the old ones and they’re getting the highest ratings on their channel, so you think “what are you doing?”
‘I’ve said yes, I would do it. Ralph said yes. He would do it even if it was a Christmas special an hour long, just for the fans.
‘It was a cult show that people got behind. Without the support of them the show wouldn’t have lasted that long.
It originally ran from 2001 until it was axed by bosses at the corporation in 2011. Reports of a reboot comes after its creator Susan Nickson successfully obtained the rights to the show from the BBC (pictured 2002)
A TV insider said: ‘Bagging the rights is crucial as it allows the show to be pitched elsewhere. The sitcom is sex-and-booze-heavy and that’s just not where the wokeBBC are heading right now’ (pictured 2002)
They continued to The Sun: ‘The cast are up for it and hope something can happen this year’ (all pictured 2006)
‘I’ve said before that we can pay for it ourselves and do it, but then you’d have to put it out as a download stream and then the fans are going to have to pay to watch it and we’re in a financial crisis.
‘I can’t do that. I’d feel wrong making people pay to watch something that they supported. We shouldn’t have to do that. It should be picked up by a channel.
‘But as I say, my hands are a bit tied. We need a channel to take it up.’
The original British sitcom, which first aired on BBC Two, follows five young friends as they navigate love, romance and friendship while facing life’s ups and downs together.
