Three Up, Two Down
TV Show · Comedy

A comedy series that follows an odd couple who find themselves reluctantly living together. With young couple Angie and Nick Tyler having just had a baby, they decide to rent their basement flat to help them deal with the added expenses mounting up. The pair finds their new prospective tenants in the form of their own parents, Nick's father, Sam, and Angie's mother, Daphne. Finding it difficult to decide who should take the flat, the widowed grandparents are forced to share. Despite their initial spats, the in-laws become rather fond of each other, and romance ensues between them.

1985 · 28m
Starring Michael Elphick, Angela Thorne, Lysette Anthony
Director John B. Hobbs, Mandie Fletcher

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    Your Place or Mine
    Nick's father and Angie's mother each plan to move into the basement.
    28 min
  • EPISODE 2
    Widower's Mite
    Sam and Daphne's life of enforced domesticity in the basement is further complicated by an unexpected visitor.
    28 min
  • EPISODE 3
    Ill Wind from Cheltenham
    Sam and Daphne's enforced flatshare is just a few weeks old, but already Daphne is forced to include Sam in her social life.
    29 min
  • EPISODE 4
    Epping's Not Far
    Daphne irritates Sam even more than usual by attempting to spice up her social life.
    30 min
  • EPISODE 5
    Just Desserts
    Sam tries to get an antique which Daphne owns.
    28 min
  • EPISODE 6
    One to Go
    Daphne reaches the end of her tether and decides it's time she came to an understanding with Sam.
    29 min

Related

Cast & Crew

  • Michael Elphick
    Sam Tyler
  • Angela Thorne
    Daphne Trenchard
  • Lysette Anthony
    Angie Tyler
  • Ray Burdis
    Nick Tyler
  • J‌G
    John Grillo
    Wilf
  • N‌S
    Neil Stacy
    Giles
  • K‌J
    Kit Jackson
    George
  • Vicki Woolf
    Rhonda
  • J‌B
    John B. Hobbs
    Director
  • Mandie Fletcher
    Director
  • J‌B
    John B. Hobbs
    Producer

About

Three Up, Two Down

Comedy

A comedy series that follows an odd couple who find themselves reluctantly living together. With young couple Angie and Nick Tyler having just had a baby, they decide to rent their basement flat to help them deal with the added expenses mounting up. The pair finds their new prospective tenants in the form of their own parents, Nick's father, Sam, and Angie's mother, Daphne. Finding it difficult to decide who should take the flat, the widowed grandparents are forced to share. Despite their initial spats, the in-laws become rather fond of each other, and romance ensues between them.

Information

Studio
BBC One
Released
1985

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English (United Kingdom)

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  • Bahrain
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  • Gambia
  • Ghana
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  • Mozambique
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  • 香港 (廣東話–繁體)
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  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
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  • Malaysia (English)
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