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Still Game

2002–2019 · 9 seasons

A gentle, wry sitcom that ambles along like a blether with old pals, finding warmth and daft humour in the everyday gripes of pensioner life.

Created by
Greg Hemphill, Ford Kiernan
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Ford Kiernan, Greg Hemphill, Paul Riley
Overview
Cult Scottish comedy about the lives of two OAP's (Old Age Pensioners) Jack and Victor and their views on how it used to be in the old days and how bad it is now in the fictional town of Craiglang.

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  • Netflix
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Created by
Greg Hemphill, Ford Kiernan
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Ford Kiernan, Greg Hemphill, Paul Riley
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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • aging
  • friendship
  • class
  • isolation
  • family
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour8
Realism7
Romance1
Tension2
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy
Created by
Greg Hemphill, Ford Kiernan
Written by
Greg Hemphill, Ford Kiernan
Starring
Ford Kiernan, Greg Hemphill, Paul Riley, Jane McCarry, Sanjeev Kohli, Gavin Mitchell, Mark Cox, Scott Reid
Length
9 seasons, 58 episodes, 30 min each
Network
BBC One, BBC Scotland
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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