Greg’s kids love their look behind the scenes

STILL GAME became Still We an when star Greg Hemphill got his sons in on the action.

The smash hit sitcom has been filming at the BBC’s Dumbarton studios and Greg made sure it was a real family affair last week.

He arranged for actress wife Julie Wilson Nimmo and their two kids Chevy, 10, and Benny, 15, to go behind the scenes.

“I’ve been trying to get them out for three weeks but the boys were enjoying their summer holidays rather than thinking about the state of their dad’s work,” said Greg, 46, the series’ co-creator.

“But I managed to persuade them to come today, which was brilliant. Chevy actually got to shout ‘action’ for one of our scenes and he really enjoyed that.

“The pair of them were running about the flats and into Navid’s.

“We’re obviously used to it now but they loved it because they’ve seen it so many times on TV.

“People love to get a look around. When we had (singer-songwriter) Amy Macdonald out you could see that she was completely thrilled to be on the set of the Clansman.”

The family posed for a snap by the bar of the boozer that fans reckon is as famous as Coronation Street’s Rovers Return or Eastenders’ Queen Vic.

And Gavin Mitchell, who plays Boaby the barman, says the fictional hostelry has become a real home from home for him.

“The Clansman’s mine,” insists Gavin, 51. “It’s like Doctor Who going back to his Tardis for me, it’s all mine.

“When I first walked into the studio there were sets all over the place and I looked up and saw four windows and even from a distance I knew it was the Clansman.

“I think we were all a bit nervous, a bit jittery having been away from here for nine years. But after about 10 minutes you settle right down again.

“It’s like you’ve not been away and you think, ‘ Where’s my tea towel, where’s my bar pump? Right I’m here, this is my pub’.

“You put the mullet back on and you’re right back in business.”

The sets, including the Clansman with its “nae fags” signs on the cigarette machine, are now being taken down as filming starts on location in and around Glasgow tomorrow.

“We’ve been looking forward to this,” said star Ford Kiernan, 54.

“You get a bit of cabin fever. We’ve been in the Clansman for nigh on two weeks so it’ll be good to go out and get a bit of fresh air.

“We’ve got a few scenes in the town and, of course, Craiglang.”

The new series of Still Game is expected to be on BBC One in October.