Early Doors is a BBC sitcom written by Craig Cash and Phil Mealey. Both writers appear in the series, playing the characters Joe and Duffy, who are best friends. Early Doors is set at The Grapes, a small public house in Heaton Norris, Stockport, where daily life revolves around comical issues of love, loneliness and blocked urinals.

Set in The Grapes, where the daily life of the locals, including jack-the-lads Joe and Duffy, landlord Ken and his police officer cronies Phil and Nige, old git Tommy and single mum Janice - revolves around love, loneliness and urinals. A hidden gem that is …

Early Doors (TV Series 2003–2004) - Cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

Aug 11, 2024 · (Northern England, Scotland) Early; at a time before expected; sooner than usual. Mudchester Rovers conceded two goals early doors and never got back into the game. Adjective

Old Tommy buys a round, shocking all at The Grapes. Melanie meets her real father. And the fag-ends mystery gets solved. Discarded cigarette ends in the urinals and temporary traffic lights cause chaos in The Grapes. Joe's marriage is in crisis, Shelia's husband goes missing and Melanie's boyfriend has a surprise for her.

Nov 21, 2021 · Early on, especially in a game or contest. Apparently originally with reference to admission to a music hall some time before the start of the performance. The phrase is also used to refer to customers of a pub who get there right on opening time. There was a British TV sitcom called Early Doors about which Wikipedia says: Etymology of show's title

Early doors. Early on, near the start, especially of a sporting contest, dates from the late 19th century and derives from the practice of allowing people into theatres and music halls well before the start, to allow them to choose the best position among the cheaper seats.

There were a couple of boos from the fans early doors, but nothing major. Every old-school gaffer wants his team to ' score early doors'. You'd do well to grasp this early doors. It is still early doors and only nine or ten games played. He loaned his weight to the campaign, early doors. One on the board early doors and everything will flow.

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Oct 4, 2022 · The colloquial British-English phrase early doors means early on, at an early stage. It frequently occurs in the context of football (i.e., the game played under the rules of the Football Association).