Still Game: The Christmas and Hogmanay Specials (DVD)

Created by Greg Hemphill and Ford Kieran Produced by Colin Gilbert, Michael Hines and Ewan Angus Directed by Michael Hines The show is filmed in Glasgow, Scotland Still game is a situation comedy surrounding the lives of a few aging residents living in a fictional town call Craigland. The main characters being Jack Jarvis, (Ford Kieran), Victor McDade, (Greg Hemphill), who both enjoy nothing more than a good moan about anything and everything and then there's Winston Ingram, (Paul Riley), who likes to join in with the moaning but enjoy making money even more And Tam Mullen, (Mark Cox), a friend of the trio, who spends most of his ...  Read the complete review

I've been getting a full dose of Scottish tele lately, as I'm of the opinion that there are many excellent shows that haven't been given the light of day. Fortunately Still Game has got more coverage than most but you may have missed out on The Christmas and Hogmanay Specials which would be a grave error, I think! You get 4 festive episodes (2 Crimbos and 2 Hogmanays) and if you are like me, you'll find that a christmas episode with your favourite characters is a very enjoyable thing to watch indeed. What's particularly remarkable about The Still Game ones is that they refrain from venturing into the special feature length versions and stick to the regular 30 ...  Read the complete review