Still Game

Still Game proves there is Scottish comedy

To call Sir Billy Connolly out for an error of judgement is like suggesting the goddess Athena wasn't very good at sums. But when it comes to claiming there is no such thing as Scottish comedy, our greatest living comedian, if not our greatest living entertainer, hasn't called it right. The evidence? There is lots of it but let's start here: this weekend sees the opening of Still Game at the SSE Hydro, a comedy experience which has attracted almost half of all Scottish television audiences at one point and is set to fill another 15 nights at the country's biggest arena.

Still Game interview

'We've not come to terms with the fact that Still Game really is over'.

Still Game stars admit fears over final farewell shows

Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill say expectation levels around their last bow have given them the fear ahead of the SSE Hydro shows.

Greg Hemphill on Still Game

The creators of the popular Scottish TV series talk about saying goodbye to Jack and Victor on the big stage of the Hydro.

Still Game stars promise 'different vibe' at live show

Still Game stars Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill have vowed to stage a huge "retirement party" for Jack and Victor when they take their final bow at the Hydro in Glasgow - with classic characters from Chewin' the Fat set to help give them a send-off.

Still Game was most-watched Scottish show of 2018

About 1,373,000 people tuned in to watch the BBC One Scotland comedy when it was broadcast on 15 March.

A UK nationwide debut for the final series for a sitcom that feels elderly in every sense. Tonight, Winston goes viral after thwarting a bag snatcher while Jack and Victor get mobile phones. Watch for a cameo from Martin Compston: the great and the good of Scottish acting are rallying round to give Still Game a rousing send-off.

Why Still Game will be sorely missed

Scotland's best-loved sitcom has bowed out. Here's how its hilarious blend of Glasgow banter and bunnets captured a nation.