Tom Urie
After 20 years abroad, Mark Renton returns to Scotland and reunites with his old friends Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie.
The interweaving stories of seven very different people in the cosmopolitan city of Glasgow who decide that, in their pursuit of love, it is time to try something new. Little do they know that after one night of speed dating their lives will take dramatic new twists - and we'll be there to witness each and every one of them.
Two 19th-century opportunists become serial killers so that they can maintain their profitable business supplying cadavers to an anatomist.
The Karen Dunbar Show was a television comedy sketch show that aired on BBC One Scotland, starring the popular Scottish comedian Karen Dunbar. It was produced by BBC Scotland. To date, there have been three series of 6 episodes each and one, the 2006 series, consisting of four. Directors included Ron Bain and Iain Davidson. Many writers contributed to the series, including: Gordon Robertson, Graeme Sutherland and Ben Verth. The original theme tune which was used on Series 3, has a similar sound to the David Essex classic Hold Me Close. There were many recurring characters, such as: From series 1: Shoeless Josie; a blonde drunkard, often seen carrying a bag of chips. Almost Angelic; a Pub 'n' Club duo from Ayrshire, consisting of Angela Silvery and her tolerant husband Ricky. Series 1: 9 January 2003 to 12 February 2003. Series 2: 20 February 2004 to 26 March 2004. Series 3: 2005 to 2005. Series 4: 17 March 2006 to 7 April 2006.
Chewin' the Fat is a Scottish comedy sketch show, starring Ford Kiernan, Greg Hemphill and Karen Dunbar. Comedians Paul Riley and Mark Cox also appeared regularly on the show. Chewin' the Fat first started as a radio series on BBC Radio Scotland. The later television show, which ran for four series, was first broadcast on BBC One Scotland, but series three and four, as well as highlights from the first two series, were later broadcast to the rest of the United Kingdom. Although the last series ended in February 2002, 6 Hogmanay specials were broadcast and offered on DVD when purchasing the Scottish Sun between 2000 to 2005, one every year. Chewin' the Fat gave rise to the spin-off show Still Game, a sitcom focusing on the two old male characters Jack and Victor. The series was mostly filmed in and around Glasgow and occasionally West Dunbartonshire. The English idiom to chew the fat means to chat casually, but thoroughly, about subjects of mutual interest.
