
Still Game
Still Game is a comedy based around the lives of pensioner pals Jack Jarvis and Victor McDade. It's set in and around a fictional part of Glasgow called Craiglang, and Jack and Victor's home in Osprey Heights. Focusing on the ironies and comedy of old age with humour, tenderness and pathos, these OAPS prove they're still game for anything the world can throw at them. The show enjoyes the highest viewing figures that any Scottish programme has seen in the last ten years. The third series first episode alone drew 1,520,100 viewers - 47% of Scotland's total viewing audience. This makes it the most watched BBC comedy in Scotland ever, outperforming even its parent show, Chewin' the Fat.After negotations with BBC London, Still Game will finally receive the UK-wide slot it deserves, as of series 4. (Previously, fans from south of the border have only been able to watch the series through Sky digital channel 941 or on DVD/VHS.)
Envy turns to bewilderment and then concern when Jack and Victor see their friend Wullie dating the considerably younger Rena and the rumours start to fly that she wants to kill him for his money. Winston's new leg is rather loose-fitting and therefore not the best place to hide his cash when a young layabout is roaming the estate conning the residents out of money.
When Tam goes away on holiday Jack and Victor take over from him as D.Js running the local hospital radio service and acquire themselves quite a fan club. this does not include Navid who ends up in hospital with a delicate problem.
Jack and Victor decide to make use of the Dial-a-Bus service to go into town but their trip turns into a nightmare when Davie the driver suffers one of his psychotic turns and refuses to stop. Winston takes advantage when Boabby goes on holiday by persuading his temporary barman that he is the owner of the Clansman and, as such, entitled to all the perks that brings.
Tam proposes to Frances, the librarian - with everyone spying on them. Winston bullies him into lashing out on a new wedding ring, rather than re-using his first wife's, but unfortunately Jack swallows it whilst performing a conjuring trick. Can the prune juice bring it back for the big day? Navid discovers that being taken over by the Spire supermarket group is less advantageous than he imagined.
Jack has got satellite television but Victor has not so, to enable both of them to watch, they ask Shug to put in a connecting hatch between their two rooms. Isa gets the wrong end of the stick when she hears about this and soon it is going about Craiglang that they are a gay couple.
A gang of construction workers headed by Chris move into Craiglang with orders to demolish the Clansman and replace it with new houses. Jack, Victor and Winston lead the protest outside the pub and come to the conclusion that one of them may well be Chris's father, a fact which they trust will prevent the Clansman from being knocked down. So, out of the trio, who's the daddy?
Christmas is looming but Winston gets conned by a ned into buying a turkey so fresh it's still alive, Tam devises his own means of delivering Christmas cards for Frances and Jack and Victor are left out in the cold when they offend Isa, who usually supplies their Christmas dinner. Are there consolations to be had by joining the pensioners in the Community Centre?
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Gavin Mitchell | Boabby |
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Sanjeev Kohli | Navid Harrid |
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Ford Kiernan | Jack Jarvis |
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Greg Hemphill | Victor McDade |
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Mark Cox | Tam Mullen |
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Irene Ann Burt | Pub Regular |
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Paul Riley | Winston Ingram |
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Jane McCarry | Isa Drennan |
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Shamshad Akhtar | Meena |
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James Martin | Eric |
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Jake D'Arcy | Pete the Jakey |
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Lynne McCallum | Peggy McAlpine |
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Kate Donnelly | Frances Mullen |
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Michael MacKenzie | Old Man in library |
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Richard Wallis | Young Ryan |
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Robbie Coltrane | Davie the Bus Driver |
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Rab Affleck | Mick |
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Sandy Nelson | Chris the Postie |
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Alan Tall | Old Man In Huntsman |
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Kevin Guthrie | Thomas |
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Vincent Friell | Chris Howden |
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Paul Young | Shug |
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Forbes KB | The Butcher |
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Grant O'Rourke | Matt |
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Ben Bradley | Health Inspector |
Director | Michael Hines |
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Writer | Ford Kiernan, Greg Hemphill | |
Producer | Ewan Angus, Colin Gilbert, Greg Hemphill, Michael Hines, Ford Kiernan |
Nr Discs | 1 |
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Layers | Single side, Single layer |
Watched | |
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Quantity | 1 |
Index | 3559 |
Added Date | Aug 06, 2015 17:57:33 |
Modified Date | Jul 16, 2024 09:19:02 |