Bob Servant
- TV sitcom
- BBC One Scotland / BBC Four
- 2013 - 2014
- 9 episodes (2 series)
TV series about a small-time Scottish businessman with a vastly inflated sense of his own importance and abilities. Stars Brian Cox, Jonathan Watson, Anita Vettesse, Daniela Nardini, Antony Strachan and more.
Streaming rank this week: 7,232
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Bob Servant Independent, Episode 4 - The Media
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 13th February 2013
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- BBC Four
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Brian Cox | Bob Servant |
| Jonathan Watson | Frank |
| Antony Strachan (as Anthony Strachan) | Stewpot |
| Rufus Jones | Nick Edwards |
| Pollyanna McIntosh | Phillippa Edwards |
| Billy Mack | Colin (TV Cameraman) |
| Allison McKenzie | Sally Davidson (TV Reporter) |
| Catherine Murray | Nurse |
| James Allenby-Kirk | Jimmy Walker (Reporter) |
| Steven McNicoll | Bill Wood (Reporter) |
| Kirstin Murray | Maggie Johnston (Reporter) |
| Sheila Reid | Margo Servant (Bob's Mother) |
| Neil Forsyth | Writer |
| Simon Hynd | Director |
| Owen Bell | Producer |
| Mark Freeland | Executive Producer |
| Ewan Angus | Executive Producer |
| Chris Buckland | Editor |
| Tom Sayer | Production Designer |
| Jim Sutherland | Composer |
Videos
Panic Room
Frank talks to Stewpot about his new bathroom.
Table Tennis
Bob and the Edwards compare previous TV appearances.
The Ham
Frank tries to impress Colin the cameraman.
Press
Four episodes in and this comedy about a deluded wannabe politician in the Scottish town of Broughty Ferry is still failing to live up to expectations. The books (and subsequent radio show) by Neil Forsyth have gained quite a following but this series is just not funny, despite the best efforts of Brian Cox in the title role. Tonight Servant, ahead of the by-election, messes up a television interview when answering a question about his political ambitions by saying he wants to be seen as Annie Lennox. His mother (Sheila Reid) doesn't help his cause by telling a journalist that her son has "a head full of mince".
Simon Horsford, The Telegraph, 12th February 2013