The Scotts – Wednesday November 16,

BBC One

Written by and starring Iain Connell and Robert Florence, of Burnistoun renown, this likeable sitcom returned for a second series last week. If you haven’t seen it before, then imagine Modern Family set in a Glasgow suburb. A fairly apt description, if I do say so myself. The plot of episode one centred upon the imminent arrival of a baby to the extended family fold. A standard sitcom trope, but as always, Connell and Florence fleshed it out with some healthy cynicism and understated warmth. They actually like the characters they’ve created and it’s clearly based on shared experience. Best line, delivered by the family matriarch: “I lived through Bible John, Thatcher and a pandemic, I don’t dae jokes.”