Why Still Game's Staying at Hame; Comedy Is Rejected by Bbc Bosses in England
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STILL Game is one of the most successful programmes produced in Scotland, and watched by an incredible 50% of the TV audience north of the border. Video sales have broken BBC Scotland records and episodes screened UK-wide scored high figures. Yet the BBC in London has no plans to network the new series which starts tonight. BRIAN BEACOM asks if there is a London bias against the show that's become a comedy classic
FORD Kiernan had something of a shock when he arrived with the Still Game team in Canada to film an episode of the new series in which Jack and Victor visit relatives.See the full content of this document
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Why Still Game's Staying at Hame; Comedy Is Rejected by Bbc Bosses in England
It didn't take him and co-star Greg Hemphill long to realise Toronto was awash with bootleg copies of the show.
He explains: "We were filming in the vice-chairman of IBM's house and he happened to mention he had a couple of S...See the full content of this document
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