Still Game

Still Game is a spin-off sitcom of the Scottish sketch show series Chewin' the Fat, telling the tales of two old Glaswegian men named Jack and Victor and their local community. Created by Chewin' the Fats Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill (who also play lead characters Jack and Victor), the series is set in a fictional district of Glasgow called Craiglang. The Maryhill area of Glasgow has been used as the location for filming, so features of Maryhill including the Forth and Clyde Canal and its locks are frequently shown in the background of outdoor shots.

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Sitcom - Scottish - Sketch show - Chewin' the Fat - Glaswegian - Maryhill - Forth and Clyde Canal

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For the first three series, Still Game was shown on BBC One Scotland at 9:30pm, and enjoyed huge viewing audiences, once being watched by half the Scottish population. It first aired six episodes in 2002, then nine in 2003, six in 2004 and six in 2005.

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2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005

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Still Games fourth series was shown nationally on BBC Two at 10:00pm on Fridays. This was a change from the previous seasons which were on BBC One Scotland. Despite now being on BBC Two (considered by some as a channel of minority interest in the UK) this is actually a step up for the show due to its vast popularity in Scotland as it is now shown across the UK instead of on BBC One Scotland, which is not broadcast in the rest of the UK. Shortly after Series 4 was released on DVD, creators Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill revealed that the show had been getting higher viewing figures each week for the whole of the six-week run.

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BBC Two - BBC One - UK - Scotland

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