Talk:Early Doors

I should point out that although it is on UKGold now, it has been televised on BBC1 following the acclaim it recieved once it had been shown on BBC2. It is on the strength of the higher viewing figures gained from being moved from the backwaters of BBC2 into the populist BBC1 (a rather standard trick of the BBC) that has made the BBC commision a third series.


 * I should point out that there's no evidence it has been commissioned for a third series, unless you can point at a source? JonStrines 08:21, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Critical Acclaim
I fail to see how two articles in The Guardian and a mention on TV's Best Sitcom translate to huge critical acclaim; care to shed light on this? This doesn't seem to fit in with the later proclamation of [receiving] very little publicity and has yet to achieve particularly fantastic viewing figures. While the line [this] has only helped to underline the quaint atmosphere in the pub is a nice one, I would rather surmise that the reason for its low figures are its unpopularity and narrow acclaim. It's appeared on UKTV Gold now, who are notorious for picking up failing/failed and/or tired programs. Perhaps something should be said about that. The article errs on NPOV in parts, but it's nicely written so I'm reluctant to tag it. --^pirate 22:02, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Bit of a tidy up and expansion
I've been watching Early Doors again for the last couple of weeks on UKTV Gold, so I thought I'd update this page a bit. I've uploaded an image from the BBC comedy website and removed some of the POV bits through the text. I've added the infobox as well. --Seaweed 13:27, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

My edits
Based on what I've heard in the series, I have concluded that Ken, Jean and Melanie's surname is Dixon; Winnie's is Cooper (her husband won the football card with "WC", revealed to be Bill Cooper"; and Eddie and Joan's surname is Bell. It may look out of place compared to the missing names, but for completion's sake I've included them.

I will also tidy up Seaweed's entries at a more sociable time. Michaelyoung83 03:50, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Regular characters
I have changed the text regarding Tommy's job. The original description stated that it is revealed Tommy is a lollipop man in series 2. This is correct, however, Joan asks about his 'new job'; the original text read like he was a lollipop man throughout both series. Ganglandboss (talk) 10:18, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

I have added Keith under this section. I considered including him under 'other characters' but although he only makes one appearance, the character is mentioned on several occasions and forms a significant part of the storyline, warranting a more detailed description than others in this section. Any thoughts? Ganglandboss (talk) 10:58, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

3rd Series
Will there be a 3rd series? Porterjoh 13:28, 22 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Can't find any sources (even unreliable ones) that say there's a third series in the works, and it's been so long since the originals that personally I'd doubt it, although nothing is impossible - there was a similar gap between the last series of The Royle Family and The Queen of Sheeba. JonStrines 08:19, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Meaning of "Early Doors"
The article defines "Early Doors" as earlier than is customary and cites the urban dictionary: Urban Dictionary isn't considered a reliable source as (like wiki) anyone can add a definition but (unlike wiki) they don't have to provide any sources; in this case in particular, it's not 100% - "early doors" is an expression that means early. It does come from pub vernacular - the idea being that you're there as soon as the doors open - but it doesn't have the judgement that earliwer than is customary suggests: there's nothing wrong with going somewhere early doors, any more than there is in getting there first thing. JonStrines (talk) 09:54, 27 November 2007 (UTC)


 * I think it comes from the time when pubs would open at noon then close mid-afternoon before opening again in the evening. The first session would be known as "early doors" and would generally see a more relaxed atmosphere. Though pubs are now open all afternoon, going to the pub early afternoon is still sometimes known as "early doors" and, to an extent, this has carried over to turning up for other things early. The television series is so called because it focuses on the customer's who turn up when the pub opens.--Crestville (talk) 17:09, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

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Tone
This article reads like half of it is copied from some sort of character synopsis page. It's in a dire need of a serious rewrite. It doesn't seem like the article gets a lot of attention, so I'll see what edits I can make myself. User:Bilky_asko ☞ Talk Pagé 10:28, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I've taken this part out, as it seems like trivia.
 * A subtle feature of the appearances of Phil and Nige is that their police radios occasionally burst into life and spell out a profanity using the police's alphabetic code (for example: Foxtrot Alpha Romeo Tango) As this sometimes happened at the same time as the characters were speaking, one had to listen quite carefully.
 * I don't know if it could be reintegrated, but it doesn't seem relevant to the article.User:Bilky_asko ☞ Talk Pagé 10:52, 20 May 2011 (UTC)