Three Up, Two Down

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| image =

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| genre = Sitcom

| runtime = 30 minutes

| creator =

| starring = Michael Elphick
Angela Thorne
Lysette Anthony
Ray Burdis

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| network = BBC1

| first_aired = {{Start date|1985|4|15|df=y}}

| last_aired = {{End date|1989|6|18|df=y}}

| num_series = 4

| num_episodes = 25

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Three Up, Two Down is a British sitcom starring Michael Elphick and Angela Thorne which ran from 15 April 1985 to 18 June 1989. It was written by Richard Ommanney. The plot revolves around a stuck-up widow and a down-to-earth widower who share a flat and a grandchild, but have little in common.The Penguin TV Companion by Jeff Evans, page 598

Cast

Michael Elphick as Sam Tyler
Angela Thorne as Daphne Trenchard
Lysette Anthony as Angie Tyler (née Trenchard)
Ray Burdis as Nick Tyler
John Grillo as Wilf
Neil Stacy as Major Giles Bradshaw
Vicki Woolf as Rhonda (series 3 and 4)

Plot

Nick and Angie have just had a baby, and to help them financially they decide to rent out the basement. Both Nick's father, Sam Tyler, and Angie's mother, Daphne Trenchard, want the basement apartment and the only solution is to share. Sam is a Cockney, while Daphne is Cheltenham-bred and has not forgiven her daughter for marrying Nick, a 'common' photographer. Both Sam and Daphne are widowed, and stubborn. There is mutual contempt between Nick and Daphne: however, Angie is fond of Sam and is forever trying, against all the odds, to keep the peace between him and Daphne. The situation is exacerbated, from Series Two onwards, by the presence of Sam's gloomy and pessimistic zoo-keeper friend Wilf Perkins, who, after being thrown out by his mother, ends up having to share Sam's room, much to Daphne's icy displeasure. Further complications arise through Daphne's brief and disastrous romance with a neighbour, the suave and crooked Major Giles Bradshaw, who is eventually sent to prison for acts of theft and fraud.

The comedy came from the clashes between Sam and Daphne, and the eventual romance that develops between them. The next-door neighbour, Rhonda, was a catalyst for bringing them together.

Episodes

=Series 1 (1985)=

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| EpisodeNumber = 1 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Your Place or Mine? | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1985|4|15|df=y}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 2 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Widowers Mite | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1985|4|22|df=y}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 3 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Ill Wind from Cheltenham | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1985|4|29|df=y}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 4 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = Epping's Not Far | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1985|5|6|df=y}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 5 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = Just Desserts | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1985|5|13|df=y}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 6 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = Two Down, One to Go | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1985|5|20|df=y}}

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=Series 2 (1986)=

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| EpisodeNumber = 7 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Major Inconvenience | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|4|7|df=y}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 8 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Sweet and Sour | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|4|14|df=y}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 9 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Arrivals and Departures | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|4|21|df=y}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 10 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = It's Only Rock and Roll | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|4|28|df=y}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 11 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = Winner Takes All | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|5|5|df=y}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 12 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = Ill Met By Candlelight | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|5|12|df=y}}

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=Series 3 (1987)=

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| EpisodeNumber = 13 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Four's a Crowd | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1987|9|6|df=y}}