Still Game is a Scottish sitcom, produced by The Comedy Unit with BBC Scotland. It was created by Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill, who played the lead characters, Jack Jarvis, Esq and Victor McDade, two Glaswegian pensioners. The characters first appeared in the pair's previous TV sketch show Chewin' the Fat, which aired in Scotland from January 1999 until December 2005. Following its debut on 6 September 2002, 62 episodes of Still Game were aired, including Christmas, almost 50 live shows and Hogmanay specials. The first three series were broadcast only on BBC One Scotland, though five episodes selected from the first two series were later broadcasted throughout the UK on BBC Two from January to February 2004. From the fourth series, Still Game was broadcast across the UK on BBC Two. With the seventh series in 2016, the programme began to be broadcast on BBC One.
About Still Game
BAFTA award-winning sitcom centering on two Glaswegian pensioners named Jack Jarvis and Victor McDade made famous by Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill. The characters were first seen in the sketch TV series Chewin' the Fat.
Achievement of Still Game
The show's original run was from 2002 to 2007. It returned in October of 2016 to be broadcast on BBC One.
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Latest information about Still Game updated on July 28 2021.
