Two Doors Down

Beth and Eric Baird's Hogmanay goes horribly wrong as family, friends and neighbours descend on their home. As they count down to the bells in traditional Scottish style, a lively evening is assured as drink flows and Beth's legendary steak pie comes out of the oven. Secrets are revealed, tempers fray, scores are settled and a gazebo is destroyed.

When Eric raids the freezer after coming in from a night out, he leaves the door open and all the food inside defrosts. Beth has options - chuck it all out? Claim on the insurance? Cook everything at once and invite everyone over to eat it all? It's no decision really. Everything goes well until Cathy urges Colin to go next door and get something out of their freezer to replace the defrosted food.

Disaster following a row with Sophie means that Christine has to stay over at Eric and Beth's. Beth isn't impressed with Eric’s new makeover Eric's of Ian's old room. Cathy and Colin have a bust-up when she discovers that Colin has been using his laptop for something quite unrelated to work.

Ian and Jaz have invited Beth and Cathy over to theirs for a quiet drink but Cathy's over-exuberant dancing causes consternation with the downstairs neighbour. Colin and Eric discover they have some time to kill before the start of their evening watching Andy Murray play tennis but their choice of activity leads to Christine being much more involved in their night than they'd have liked.

It’s Eric’s birthday tomorrow and all he wants is a bit of peace and quiet. But as everyone descends on the Bairds’ house the lack of calm is the least of his worries.

Christine just wants to know who the father of her daughter's baby is but Sophie won't tell her. So Christine locks her in the hut. Cathy's been having therapy to work through her issues and now thinks she can counsel other people. Colin challenges Eric to a game of darts but just can't help himself cheating when it looks like Eric might win. Beth, as always, tries to keep the peace but ends up caught right in the middle of it all.

Eric gets an excellent report from his health check so he and Beth decide to celebrate by booking their first holiday in 7 years. Cathy and Colin have built a hot tub in their back garden and are hosting a party to show it off to the neighbours. Sophie has got her first baby scan picture. Christine wants everyone to see it but it's the only copy.