Scot Squad
- TV sitcom
- BBC Scotland / BBC One Scotland / BBC Two Scotland
- 2012 - 2023
- 49 episodes (8 series)
Semi-improvised documentary spoof following the Scottish police force. Stars Jack Docherty, Jordan Young, Sally Reid, Ashley Smith, Chris Forbes and more.
- Series 7, Episode 3 repeated Saturday at 9:15pm on BBC4
Episode menu
Series 3, Episode 4
Further details
Out in the sticks, an outbreak of dodgy merchandise on-sale in rural pubs sees PC Charlie McIntosh and PC Jane Mackay working undercover. The cops need some extra muscle to nail the crooks and their call is answered by accordion legend Phil Cunningham who drops his squeezebox to get to grips with a rogue trader.
On night shift, Volunteer Officer Ken Beattie shows up at a soup van and gets more than he bargained for as Cilla ladles out soup, sustenance and important intel on shady deals.
Officer Karen encourages Bobby to call 101 to speak to trained police experts - and stop him coming into her station all the time. Later, the Desk Sergeant utilises all her diplomacy skills when asked to provide a reference for Bobby ahead of a job interview.
Elsewhere, Chief Commissioner Cameron Miekelson discovers a whole new world of insults when he flexes his itchy trigger finger and samples the world of online gaming, while PC Hugh McKirdy and Surjit Singh get on the wrong side of a short-sighted cyclist.
Urban cops, PC Jack McLaren and PC Sarah Fletcher, fail to score with a new street survey while Maggie Le Beau produces the perfect piece of equipment to cut short any pocket phonecalls to the police.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 25th January 2017
- Time
- 10:40pm
- Channel
- BBC One Scotland
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
Jack Docherty | Chief Commissioner Cameron Miekelson |
Jordan Young | PC Jack McLaren |
Sally Reid | PC Sarah Fletcher |
Ashley Smith | PC Jane Mackay |
Chris Forbes | PC Charlie McIntosh |
Karen Bartke | Sergeant Karen Ann Millar |
Darren Connell | Bobby Muir |
Manjot Sumal | PC Surjit Singh |
Graeme Stevely (as Grado) | PC Hugh McKirdy |
James Allenby-Kirk | Volunteer Officer/Acting Sgt. Ken Beattie |
Mary-Louise Clipston (as ML Stone) | Maggie LeBeau |
Joe Hullait | Narrator |
Ashley J Russell | Romanna Andrews |
Andrew Wason | Pickle Pee |
Maureen Carr | Cilla |
Phil Cunningham | Self |
Joe Hullait | Writer |
Chris Grady | Writer |
Iain Davidson | Director |
Iain Davidson | Producer |
Ewan Angus | Executive Producer |
Rab Christie | Executive Producer |
Simon Hamilton | Editor |
Andy Drummond | Production Designer |
April MacTavish | Costume Designer |
Craig McKirdy | Director of Photography |
Nicole Tulloch | Make-up Designer |
Carol-Anne Henderson | 1st Assistant Director |
Press
Writing Scot Squad
In the third of our series of blogs celebrating Scottish productions to mark the launch of BBC Writersroom in Scotland we turn to Comedy and the spoof Police documentary series Scot Squad, created, written and narrated by Joe Hullait.
Joe Hullait, BBC Writersroom, 25th January 2017