A British term denoting a play, movie or TV episode that features only two characters for the duration of the piece. Two-hander episodes are commonly seen in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders, where they've been featured occasionally since 1986.
In television, they're often used for faster filming, since while two actors are filming a two-hander, the rest of the cast can work on another episode. They're often slower-paced and more dialogue-based, with a focus on exposition and character development.
In television, they're often used for faster filming, since while two actors are filming a two-hander, the rest of the cast can work on another episode. They're often slower-paced and more dialogue-based, with a focus on exposition and character development.
In a special two-hander episode between mother and daughter set the night before Tracy's murder trial, she and Deirdre exchange home truths and their relationship reaches breaking point when Tracy finally tells her mother what happened on the night of Charlie's murder.
by raaaaaagh March 19, 2010
Get the two-handermug. A strenuous part of the human evacuation process which occurs when one engages in the act of wiping excess fecal matter from the rectum and has to evacuate for a second time, thus leading to the necessary engagement in yet another round of wiping the excrement from the anus.
After a scrumptious serving of Dean's meatballs, I took a huge two-stager which emitted a scent which replicated that of downtown Mumbai.
by DeanPalmer January 17, 2011
Get the two-stagermug. Australian nickname for somebody whose surname is also a common first name, such as Peter Graham or Dayn Scott.
"Never trust a bloke whose last name could be his first!"
"Never trust a bloke whose last name could be his first!"
by Choda Boy 57 August 22, 2006
Get the Two Namesmug. Heavyweight Deputy Prime Minister of the UK. Lard-arse with a penchant for Jaguars. As with most politicians, in disgrace. Famously beat up some animal rights hippy who threw an egg at him.
by tosh mactavish III August 8, 2006
Get the two jagsmug. matching tattoos, commemorating undying devotion that will die about the time you tire of the tat-twos, and each other
by Steed Dropout September 16, 2012
Get the tat-twosmug. by Femme boy October 15, 2020
Get the Two cansmug. In "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," the ultra-computer, "Deep Thought," is asked to give "the meaning of Life, The Universe and Everything." After a very long time calculating, Deep Thought declares the answer is "Forty-Two," which mystifies everyone.
Douglas Adams, the author of the "Hitchhiker" series, was familiar with computer programming. The symbol for a "wild card" -- a value that can be whatever the programmer desires and/or what the program needs to run -- is the "asterisk," which is this symbol * , sometimes called the "star" symbol."
In the American Standard Code for Instructional Interchange, or "ASCII," the "asterisk" is symbol number "42." Thus, "42" became a programmers' inside joke meaning "whatever you want it to be." Deep Thought could have said given its answer as, "anything" or "whatever you want it to be," but being a computer, it gave the ASCII code number, instead.
Douglas Adams, the author of the "Hitchhiker" series, was familiar with computer programming. The symbol for a "wild card" -- a value that can be whatever the programmer desires and/or what the program needs to run -- is the "asterisk," which is this symbol * , sometimes called the "star" symbol."
In the American Standard Code for Instructional Interchange, or "ASCII," the "asterisk" is symbol number "42." Thus, "42" became a programmers' inside joke meaning "whatever you want it to be." Deep Thought could have said given its answer as, "anything" or "whatever you want it to be," but being a computer, it gave the ASCII code number, instead.
"I have an answer," Deep Thought said, "though I don't think you're going to like it."
"What is it?" asked the mice?
"The answer is....is...is...Forty-Two!"
Vroomfondle asked, "Is that it? What is THAT supposed to mean?"
Programmer 1: I'm going out for a burger, you want something?
Programmer 2: Sure.
Programmer 1: Okay, what do you want.
Programmer 2: Oh, I'm not sure. Get me Forty-Two.
"What is it?" asked the mice?
"The answer is....is...is...Forty-Two!"
Vroomfondle asked, "Is that it? What is THAT supposed to mean?"
Programmer 1: I'm going out for a burger, you want something?
Programmer 2: Sure.
Programmer 1: Okay, what do you want.
Programmer 2: Oh, I'm not sure. Get me Forty-Two.
by The Third Jay Guy January 27, 2019
Get the Forty-Twomug.