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Still Game is a Scottish sitcom produced by Effingee Productions, The Comedy Unit and 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 .
Like Jack, Victor is a widower; his wife Elizabeth (Betty) died in 1993, though in the episode "Courtin," Victor states that his wife has been dead longer than Jack's. Victor has a son, John (called Jamie in the first episode), who lives in Johannesburg with his family, with Victor often lamenting how little he sees of him. Victor seems to be ...
Jack, Victor, Winston and Tam decide to spend their Hogmanay in a cottage on the remote island of Tighnahulish. Their celebrations are short-lived though when Jack and Victor manage to antagonise the island's few residents. Meanwhile, in Craiglang, Navid is left to enjoy a brief taste of single life, whilst his wife, Meena is on holiday in India.
Ford Kiernan, who played Jack Jarvis in cult Scottish comedy Still Game for 20 years, has ventured into new territory by collaborating with Aberdeen DJ and producer RYZY.
Jack (Kiernan) and Victor (Hemphill) Two OAPs who get up to mischief, featuring the characters that were famously later to appear in the series Still Game. The Janny (Kiernan) A school janitor who pops up to try and fix everything from broken ankles to broken hearts with a liberal application of sawdust from his bucket.
Following the success of Chewin' The Fat, Kiernan and Hemphill wrote Still Game. Still Game was based on the original play that the pair wrote for the Edinburgh Festival in 1997. The Characters Jack Jarvis and Victor McDade had appeared throughout the four series of Chewin' The Fat. Six series and four specials were originally broadcast between ...
Ford John Kiernan (born 10 January 1962) is a Scottish actor, comedian and writer. He is best known for his work with Greg Hemphill on the BBC Scotland sketch comedy series Chewin' the Fat (1999–2005) and the sitcom Still Game (2002–2007, 2016–2019).
The song was featured in the Scottish sitcom Still Game's second series episode "Doactors" (Doctors). Characters Jack Jarvis and Victor McDade dance the Slosh to it. The 2010 musical I Dreamed a Dream, based on the life of singer Susan Boyle, includes the tune.