Three Up Two Down (1985)

Name: Three Up Two Down
Genre: Comedy
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Lysette Anthony, Angela Thorne, Ray Burdis, Michael Elphick

Comedy

Comedy series about Nick and Angie, a young married couple, Angie's snobbish mother Daphne, and Nick's cockney father Sam. Much of the humour arises from the fact that the mismatched Daphne and Sam are forced by circumstances to share the flat below that occupied by their children.

IMDb rating: 6.4 (217 votes)
Episode average: 6.6 +0.2 vs IMDb
Seasons: 4
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1985)

6.10 avg 6 episodes 6.1 → 6.7

Big finale

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Your Place or Mine?	6.1	16
2	Widower's Mite	6.0	12
3	Ill Wind from Cheltenham	5.9	10
4	Epping's Not Far	5.7	14
5	Just Desserts	6.2	10
6	Two Down, One to Go	6.7	11

Season 2 (1986)

7.10 avg 6 episodes 6.7 → 7.0

Mid-peak

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Major Inconvenience	6.7	12
2	Sweet and Sour	7.4	12
3	Arrivals and Departures	7.7	12
4	It's Only Rock 'N' Roll	6.7	12
5	Winner Takes All	7.1	12
6	Ill Met by Candlelight	7.0	11

Season 3 (1987)

6.51 avg 7 episodes 6.5 → 7.2

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Four's a Crowd	6.5	9
2	One Flew Over the Perimeter Fence	5.9	9
3	Truth and Consequences	6.9	9
4	Mirror Mirror on the Wall	6.4	9
5	Jailhouse Shock	6.5	9
6	Come Sail with Me	6.2	11
7	Life and Death	7.2	7

Season 4 (1989)

6.73 avg 4 episodes 6.6 → 7.5

Big finale

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Passionfruit	6.6	6
2	On the Radio	6.6	6
3	Omelettes and Optimism	6.2	6
6	Cheltenham	7.5	7