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Greg Hemphill: stress ended Ford Kiernan friendship
Still Game star Greg Hemphill has revealed how the pressure of filming six series of the hit comedy ended his partnership with Ford Kiernan - and killed their friendship.
Paul English, Daily Record, 10th January 2012Still Game star Greg Hemphill on his new play
Greg Hemphill has got the fear. The
Still Game and Chewin' The Fat star is in rehearsals with the National Theatre of Scotland for An Appointment With The Wicker Man, a play he wrote with Donald McLeary. Their take on the 1973 creepy classic has singing, dancing and jokes.
Still Game's Greg Hemphill in Twitter rant against BBC
Still Game star Greg Hemphill had a Twitter rant against BBC bosses last night.
Daily Record, 5th April 2011Still Game's Gavin Mitchell films at T In The Park
Actor Gavin Mitchell, the man who minded the bar in Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill's comedy, is looking forward to the UK premiere of You Instead at the Glasgow Film Festival this week. Director David McKenzie shot the film live and improvised amid the mud and general mayhem of T in the Park 2010.
Steve Hendry, Daily Record, 20th February 2011Greg Hemphill hints he could revive Still Game
Still Game star Greg Hemphill has done a U-turn over the hit comedy - and hinted he could revive it.
The Sun, 26th November 2010Hemphill on why he decided to split with Kiernan
Comedy star Greg Hemphill last night broke the silence on his split with Chewin' The Fat partner Ford Kiernan.
Lynn McPherson, Daily Record, 18th July 2010Connell and Florence interview
Meet comics Robert Florence and Iain Connell, the duo who are set to take over from Scottish comedy kings Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill...
Graeme Donohoe, The Scottish Sun, 17th February 2010BBC Scotland have nothing to crow about. Their new comedy Happy Hollidays gave me a***-ache.
I could see every pun coming a mile off in the new series about a caravan park starring Ford Kiernan - and not one of them was funny.
Give me sexy wee Babs Windsor in Carry On Camping anyday. There hasn't been a decent BBC comedy since the Still Game crew all fell out. The follow-ups Dear Green Place and now Happy Hollidays have been lame, to say the least. Ford, pal, please. It's time to kiss and make up with Greg Hemphill - you're simply not funny without him.
John Smeaton, The Sun, 10th September 2009Ford's still game
Ford Kiernan's world looked to have blown up two weeks ago when the Evening Times revealed he'd split with comedy partner Greg Hemphill. However, today it's revealed the comedy star's future is already rocketing ahead. Ford is set to star in a new comedy sitcom to be made for the BBC, Happy Hallidays.
Brian Beacom, Glasgow Evening Times, 17th October 2008It's game over for Scots comedy duo
Scotland's favourite comedy duo, Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill, has split up according to reports.
Glasgow Evening Times, 16th September 2008