Burnistoun - BBC Scotland Sketch Show

TV sketch show
BBC Scotland / BBC One Scotland / BBC Two Scotland
2009 - 2019
22 episodes (3 series)

Robert Florence and Iain Connell write and star in this BBC Scotland sketch show based around the residents of a fictional town. Also features Allan Miller, Richard Rankin, Kirsty Strain, Louise Stewart, David Allan and more.

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Burnistoun. Image shows from L to R: Robert Florence, Iain Connell. Copyright: The Comedy Unit

Genre

Sketch Show

Broadcast

2009 - 2019

Channels

BBC Scotland, BBC One Scotland, BBC Two Scotland

Episodes

22 (1 pilot + 3 series), plus 1 highlights special

Stars

Robert Florence, Iain Connell, Allan Miller, Richard Rankin, Kirsty Strain, Louise Stewart, David Allan, Jim Muir and more

Writers

Robert Florence and Iain Connell

Director

Iain Davidson

Producers

Iain Davidson, Ewan Angus, Rab Christie and Elaine Campbell

Companies

Robert Florence and Iain Connell write and perform this sketch show set in a fictional Scottish location that somehow seems eerily familiar. Burnistoun has its own newspaper, furniture store, gym, pub and all-you-can-eat buffet restaurant, radio station and even an ice-cream van.

Characters include Uncle Willie the man who insists on having his own funeral before he dies, wannabe girl-band singer Jackie McGlade who can make any tune sexy except football songs, and John and Terry two pub pals who insist they do not fantasize about each other sexually.

Other Burnistoun characters include disgruntled serial killer The Burnistoun Butcher, and snippy siblings, Paul and Walter, who share high drama inside their ice cream van.