show. A plot summary of the new 2011 Ninth Series was then revealed by the BBC. Original cast members Sheridan Smith and Kathryn Drysdale announced in 2010 that they would not be returning to the show. They were written out of the series and their departures were mentioned in the first episode of series 9. On 23 July 2011, following a decline in ratings and feeling the series had come to a natural end following the departures of half of the main cast members the BBC decided that the show would not return for a tenth series. In 2020, Will Mellor announced he wanted to bring the series back for a one-off special in 2021 to celebrate 20 years of the show, reuniting and featuring the original cast including Ralf Little whose character had been killed off in series 6. However, due to COVID-19 and unable to reunite the whole cast this never came into production. Mellor and Little later reunited and starred in their own podcast series “Two Pints With Will & Ralph”. The podcast was somewhat successful with the duo touring the show in 2022. in a 2022 interview speaking about the potential of the series returning, Mellor said. “Fans are going mad for it, so we've got the audience. It's called Two Pints: Last Orders. It's revamped, it's really funny," he explained. "It's been brought up to the modern day but Gaz and Johnny are still very old school and sit in the pub talking about pies and beer. The BBC said no, they don't want to revisit Two Pints," Mellor admitted, before explaining that he and Nickson aren't going to let the rejection get them down. "Now we're going to look for someone else, whether it's another channel, whether it's Britbox or Netflix, because there's a massive audience for this." As of February 2023, there has been no update as to when or if the new series will be released. Episodes Cast Main Supporting Home releases Filming locations Many of the places featured in Two Pints are real and are mostly in Runcorn : The Archer is the former Waterloo pub at 88 High Street in the Old Town area of Runcorn, near the canal, and for the series is renamed after the series' first script editor, Paul Mayhew-Archer, who was later replaced by Jon Brown. The Waterloo closed in December 2012, and has been converted