Sheridan Smith has said she would ‘love’ to return for a Two Pints Of Larger And A Packet Of Crisps reboot, 14 years after the iconic BBC sitcom was axed.
The show, which told the story of a group of twenty somethings living in Runcorn, catapulted the now BAFTA winner, 44, to stardom alongside co-stars Ralph Little, Will Mellor, Natalie Casey and Kathryn Drysdale.
Speaking about her love of a possible return, Sheridan told Daily Mail how she’d ‘had. a great time filming’ the show which ran from 2001 until 2011, but is continuously repeated on BBC3 with 113 episodes shown this year alone.
In December co-star Will, 49, who played Gaz, also called for a revival and revealed he’d been presented with a script for the reboot, titled Two Pints Last Orders.
The show ended with most of the original cast having departed the show, after Ralf left after series six and Sheridan and Kathryn exiting after the eighth season.
Yet fans have been calling on the cast to bring the show back in recent years, Will told Daily Mail: ‘I’ve tried. I even got a script written by [creator] Susan Nixon. A first episode draft called Two Pints Last Orders.
Sheridan Smith, 44, has said she would ‘love’ to return for a Two Pints Of Larger And A Packet Of Crisps reboot, 14 years after the iconic BBC sitcom was axed
The show, which told the story of a group of twenty somethings living in Runcorn, catapulted the now BAFTA winner to stardom alongside co-stars Ralph Little, Will Mellor , Natalie Casey and Kathryn Drysdale (Cast pictured)
‘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.
‘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.’
It comes after Sheridan revealed the kind message she received from the late Dame Maggie Smith as they filmed 2012 comedy Quartet together.
Speaking about her love of a possible return, Sheridan told Daily Mail how she’d ‘had. a great time filming’ the show which ran from 2001 until 2011
The show is continuously repeated on BBC3 with 113 episodes shown this year alone
In December co-star Will, 49, who played Gaz, also called for a revival and revealed he’d been presented with a script for the reboot, titled Two Pints Last Orders
The actress opened up about working with the legendary star, who sadly passed away in September last year aged 89.
Sheridan, who portrayed Dr. Lucy Cogan in the film, revealed Dame Maggie ‘spotted her nerves’ on set and told her they need to ‘stick together’.
Speaking to Good Housekeeping UK, she said: ‘Dame Maggie Smith was gorgeous in Quartet, which Dustin Hoffman directed. She spotted my nerves on day one and said, ‘Come on, us Smiths stick together.’
Sheridan also shared the sweet gesture the Harry Potter star made when her dad passed away.
She added: ‘When my dad passed, she sent me a beautiful card that I still cherish.’
The movie, followed a home for retired musicians and the annual concert to celebrate Composer Giuseppe Verdi’s birthday is disrupted by the arrival of Jean (Dame Maggie Smith), an eternal diva and the former wife of one of the residents.
While filming, Sheridan gushed over Dame Maggie calling her a ‘genius’ and said she ‘took me under her wing’.
The Gavin and Stacey star said at the time: ‘She’s a genius. I watch her at work, and you never believe she’s saying lines.
‘She took me under her wing. She’s so nice. On stage for Hedda Gabler, she sent me opening night present and card, left me a voicemail the other day, I’m overwhelmed, really.’
