Following a couple of brutal back to back episodes of the Exorcist last week, we were looking around for some light relief before trying to get to sleep.
But there is a current lull in decent comedy on our screens at the moment.
Maybe this is because they are saving it all up for the festive season.
Although this year doesn’t appear to have been a vintage one thus far when it comes to new comedy, or even the return of much-loved ones.
The Ben Elton penned Upstart Crow, to coincide with Shakespeare’s birthday, was amusing but didn’t make me roll off the sofa as a result of its hilarity and I just can’t make myself like the re-visited Open All Hours. It just isn’t the same without Ronnie Barker.
In fact, the last comedy which made me do that was Peter Kay’s car share but despite it being the smash-hit of 2015, no second series has been forthcoming.
So it was all looking a bit shaky for our good night’s sleep until we chanced upon Two Doors Down on BBC2.
It’s sort of hidden away in its 10pm slot over there but maybe it will follow such alumni as Mrs Brown’s Boys and Little Britain once people pick up on it.
Essentially it is just a snapshot of a residential street, populated by a host of characters trying to get along.
There are the social climbers, the affable family types who find it difficult to say no so are always put upon, and the intentionally rude one who lives with her daughter and expects everyone to bend over backwards for her.
And not be rude back to her.
This episode, to give a flavour but not give too much away, involved a leg of ham constantly waved under the nose of a vegetarian, a rather damp barbecue and some firecrackers.
I doubt though, neighbours would ever actually have the bottle to be quite so direct with each other.
Generally it is a case of grinning and bearing it, but the character observations are spot on.
We pretty much all know someone who is like at least one or two of these characters - and we probably wish we could tell them exactly what we think.
Or throw a fire cracker through an open bathroom window we know someone who irritates us is occupying.
So at least watching comedies like this gives us a chance to see it done, even if it is pretend.