News has landed that hit TV sitcom Two Doors Down is to be reprised with a Christmas special. But will the doors of audience appreciation slam back in its face? And does it deserve another chance at the ratings grab given it’s been off air for two years, and half of its writing team, Simon Carlyle, is sadly no longer with us?

Rebooting classics often ends in disappointment. Frasier’s return underlined its time had passed. When Niles and Daphne became a couple, the audience became divorced. Birds of a Feather’s resurrection saw viewers stare at the TV in dismay. The film remake of Dad’s Army took a bayonet in the backside by the critics. The Sex and the City return proved to be the TV equivalent of a pair of big, heavy knickers.

And do we wish to see a show in which nothing ever happens, the central characters rarely move except to eat, regularly featuring plot lines thinner than Cathy’s G-string?

Well, we do actually because this is Comedy of Manners at its best. It’s Pride and Prejudice set in a suburban Scottish street. It’s a modern-day Moliere, a satirical take on events which looks closely – but without being too obvious – at the social conventions and mores of the world we’re all part of.

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