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((Distinguish|The Two of Us (1981 TV series)))
((Use dmy dates|date=May 2014))
((Use British English|date=May 2014))
((More citations needed|date=August 2020))
((Infobox television
| image =The Two of Us (1986 TV series).jpg
| caption =
| genre = [[Sitcom]]
| runtime = 30 minutes
| creator = [[Alex Shearer]]
| starring = [[Nicholas Lyndhurst]]<br />[[Janet Dibley]]<br />[[Patrick Troughton]]<br />[[Tenniel Evans]]
| company = [[London Weekend Television]]
| channel = [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]
| first_aired = ((Start date|1986|10|31|df=y))
| last_aired = ((End date|1990|3|18|df=y))
| executive_producer = Marcus Plantin
| producer = Marcus Plantin<br />Robin Carr
| theme_music_composer = [[Rod Argent]]<br />[[Peter Van Hooke]]
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| num_series = 4
| num_episodes = 32
| list_episodes = 
))
'''''The Two of Us''''' is an [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] comedy series starring [[Nicholas Lyndhurst]] and [[Janet Dibley]].

==Overview==
The series focused on Ashley and Elaine, an unmarried couple living together, at a time when this was becoming increasingly common in Britain, but still considered slightly controversial in some circles. It was produced by [[London Weekend Television|LWT]].

While Ashley was keen for the pair to get married and would regularly propose, Elaine saw no reason to get married and was happy to keep her independence. Ashley's roguish grandfather Perce (played by [[Patrick Troughton]], but later by [[Tenniel Evans]] after Troughton's death) was supportive of the couple, but Ashley's domineering mother (Jennifer Piercey) disapproved and constantly urged the pair to marry. Ashley's suppressed father ([[Paul McDowell (actor)|Paul McDowell]]) seemed less upset, but generally backed up his wife in the hope of a quiet life and the odd [[sherry]].

After initially deciding to get married in the 1988 Christmas special, only to skip the wedding when their flight time for the honeymoon was brought forward, Ashley and Elaine finally married in the fourth series, with the pair focusing on their plans to start a family. In the final episode Elaine takes a pregnancy test, but the result is never revealed.

Two regional remakes were made of the series. In Germany, 41 episodes of ''[[Unter einer Decke]]'' (± Under one Roof) were produced in 1993/94, using most of the scripts from the original series, combined with new scripts from Germany and the Netherlands. The Dutch version ''Vrienden voor het leven'' (Friends for Life) had 65 episodes produced in 1990-95 of which 64 have been released on DVD in the Netherlands.

==Cast==
*[[Nicholas Lyndhurst]] as Ashley Phillips<ref name="archive1">((cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/t/twoofusthe_1299003217.shtml |title=BBC - Comedy - Guide - The Two Of Us |access-date=2015-03-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041205052815/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/t/twoofusthe_1299003217.shtml |archive-date=5 December 2004 ))</ref>
*[[Janet Dibley]] as Elaine Walker<ref name="archive1"/>
*[[Patrick Troughton]] as Perce (Series 1)
*[[Tenniel Evans]] as Perce (Series 2–4)
*[[Paul McDowell (actor)|Paul McDowell]] as Mr Colin Phillips
*Jennifer Piercey as Mrs Lilian Phillips
*Francesca Hall as Karen

==Episodes==
===Series 1 (1986)===
((Episode table |background=#66B032 |overall=5 |title=22 |director=20 |writer=20 |airdate=18 |episodes=

((Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 1
 |Title= Proposals
 |DirectedBy= John Gorman
 |WrittenBy= Alex Shearer
 |OriginalAirDate= ((Start date|1986|10|31|df=y))
 |ShortSummary= Ashley invites his colleague and his wife to dinner to show Elaine how good marriage can be. However, he didn't expect them to be in the middle of an argument.
 |LineColor= 66B032
))
((Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 2
 |Title= Family Pressures
 |DirectedBy= Marcus Plantin
 |WrittenBy= Alex Shearer
 |OriginalAirDate= ((Start date|1986|11|7|df=y))
 |ShortSummary= Ashley's parents, who have old fashioned views about marriage, finally relent and allow Ashley and Elaine to share a room when they visit. However, the sleeping arrangements are different to what they expected.
 |LineColor= 66B032
))
((Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 3
 |Title= The Limit
 |DirectedBy= Marcus Plantin
 |WrittenBy= Alex Shearer
 |OriginalAirDate= ((Start date|1986|11|14|df=y))
 |ShortSummary= Elaine and Ashley both pretend that they are going on a date with other people to make each other jealous.
 |LineColor= 66B032
))
((Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 4
 |Title= Cracks in the Pavement
 |DirectedBy= John Gorman
 |WrittenBy= Alex Shearer
 |OriginalAirDate= ((Start date|1986|11|21|df=y))
 |ShortSummary= Ashley wants to prove to Elaine that he's not the polite, nice guy that his parents make him out to be. So he transforms himself into a punk.
----
''Featuring:'' [[Eamonn Walker]] as Floyd 
 |LineColor= 66B032
))
((Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 5
 |Title= Feeling Broody
 |DirectedBy= Marcus Plantin
 |WrittenBy= Alex Shearer
 |OriginalAirDate= ((Start date|1986|11|28|df=y))
 |LineColor= 66B032
))
((Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 6
 |Title= The Contract
 |DirectedBy= Marcus Plantin
 |WrittenBy= Alex Shearer
 |OriginalAirDate= ((Start date|1986|12|5|df=y))
 |LineColor= 66B032
))
((Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 7
 |Title= The End of the Beginning
 |DirectedBy= John Gorman
 |WrittenBy= Alex Shearer
 |OriginalAirDate= ((Start date|1986|12|12|df=y))
 |LineColor= 66B032
))
))

===Series 2 (1987)===
((No plot|section|date=August 2020))
((Episode table |background=#6495ED |overall=5 |title=22 |director=20 |writer=20 |airdate=18 |episodes=

((Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 8
 |Title= The Vital Spark
 |DirectedBy= Robin Carr
 |WrittenBy= Alex Shearer
 |OriginalAirDate= ((Start date|1987|9|11|df=y))
|ShortSummary= Elaine returns home from a 6 month trip in Bombay as Ashley hasn't been keeping their flat tidy and the spark the two had between them has gone if only there was a way to get it back.
 |LineColor= 6495ED

))
((Episode list
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 |Title= Lifestyles
 |DirectedBy= —
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))
((Episode list
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 |Title= Comparisons
 |DirectedBy= —
 |WrittenBy= —
 |OriginalAirDate= ((Start date|1987|9|25|df=y))
 |LineColor= 6495ED
))
((Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 11
 |Title= Getting Better
 |DirectedBy= —
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((Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 12
 |Title= Career Development
 |DirectedBy= —
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((Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 13
 |Title= Retirement Plans
 |DirectedBy= Robin Carr
 |WrittenBy= Alex Shearer
 |OriginalAirDate= ((Start date|1987|10|16|df=y))
 |LineColor= 6495ED
))
))

===Christmas Special (1988)===
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((Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 14
 |Title= Wedded Miss
 |DirectedBy= Robin Carr
 |WrittenBy= Alex Shearer
 |OriginalAirDate= ((Start date|1988|12|23|df=y))
 ||ShortSummary=Ashley and Elaine plan to get married, however things don't go quite to plan.
 |LineColor=8B0000
))
))

===Series 3 (1989)===
((No plot|section|date=August 2020))
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((Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 15
 |Title= Should Auld Acquaintance...
 |DirectedBy= Robin Carr
 |WrittenBy= Alex Shearer
 |OriginalAirDate= ((Start date|1989|1|6|df=y))
 |LineColor= FBEC5D
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((Episode list
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 |Title= The Poser
 |DirectedBy= —
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 |OriginalAirDate= ((Start date|1989|1|13|df=y))
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((Episode list
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 |Title= The Party
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((Episode list
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 |Title= The Prediction
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 |OriginalAirDate= ((Start date|1989|1|27|df=y))
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((Episode list
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 |Title= Trust
 |DirectedBy= —
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 |OriginalAirDate= ((Start date|1989|2|3|df=y))
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((Episode list
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 |Title= The Bargain
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 |OriginalAirDate= ((Start date|1989|2|10|df=y))
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((Episode list
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 |Title= Say It With...
 |DirectedBy= —
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 |OriginalAirDate= ((Start date|1989|2|17|df=y))
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((Episode list
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 |Title= The Bequest
 |DirectedBy= Robin Carr
 |WrittenBy= Alex Shearer
 |OriginalAirDate= ((Start date|1989|2|24|df=y))
 |LineColor= FBEC5D
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))

===Series 4 (1990)===
((No plot|section|date=August 2020))
((Episode table |background=#FB9902 |overall=5 |title=22 |director=20 |writer=20 |airdate=18 |episodes=

((Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 23
 |Title= The Telephone Only Rings Twice
 |DirectedBy= Terry Kinane
 |WrittenBy= Alex Shearer
 |OriginalAirDate= ((Start date|1990|1|14|df=y))
 |ShortSummary=Ashley finds a mobile phone on his way home from work, instead of handing it into the police straight away Ashley decides to do it in the morning, later that evening Ashley answers a mysterious phone call on it.
 |LineColor= FB9902
))
((Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 24
 |Title= Strictly Business
 |DirectedBy= Terry Kinane
 |WrittenBy= Alex Shearer
 |OriginalAirDate= ((Start date|1990|1|21|df=y))
 |LineColor= FB9902
))
((Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 25
 |Title= The Treasure
 |DirectedBy= Terry Kinane
 |WrittenBy= —
 |OriginalAirDate= ((Start date|1990|1|28|df=y))
 |LineColor= FB9902
))
((Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 26
 |Title= No Deposit No Return
 |DirectedBy= Terry Kinane
 |WrittenBy= —
 |OriginalAirDate= ((Start date|1990|2|4|df=y))
 |LineColor= FB9902
))
((Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 27
 |Title= At Last
 |DirectedBy= Robin Carr
 |WrittenBy= Alex Shearer
 |OriginalAirDate= ((Start date|1990|2|11|df=y))
 |LineColor= FB9902
))
((Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 28
 |Title= Fine Adjustments
 |DirectedBy= Terry Kinane
 |WrittenBy= Alex Shearer
 |OriginalAirDate= ((Start date|1990|2|18|df=y))
 |LineColor= FB9902
))
((Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 29
 |Title= Old Scores
 |DirectedBy= Robin Carr
 |WrittenBy= —
 |OriginalAirDate= ((Start date|1990|2|25|df=y))
 |LineColor= FB9902
))
((Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 30
 |Title= Dangers in the Night
 |DirectedBy= Terry Kinane
 |WrittenBy= —
 |OriginalAirDate= ((Start date|1990|3|4|df=y))
 |LineColor= FB9902
))
((Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 31
 |Title= The Quest
 |DirectedBy= Terry Kinane
 |WrittenBy= —
 |OriginalAirDate= ((Start date|1990|3|11|df=y))
 |LineColor= FB9902
))
((Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber= 32
 |Title= Best Laid Schemes
 |DirectedBy= Robin Carr
 |WrittenBy= —
 |OriginalAirDate= ((Start date|1990|3|18|df=y))
 |LineColor= FB9902
))
))

==Home releases==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! DVD !! Release date
|-
| The Complete Series 1   || 8 February 2010((citation needed|date=August 2020))
|-
| The Complete Series 2   || TBA
|-
| The Complete Series 3   || TBA
|-
| The Complete Series 4   || TBA
|-
| The Complete Series 1 to 4 Box Set || TBA
|}

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
*((IMDb title|0090538|The Two of Us))
*[http://www.phill.co.uk/comedy/ustwo/index.html ''The Two of Us''] at the Phill.co.uk Comedy Guide
*((British Comedy Guide|tv|the_two_of_us))
*((Epguides|TwoofUs|The Two of Us))

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