Still Game is winner in ratings
CULT Scottish sitcom Still Game made a triumphant return on Friday night with its biggest ever audience.
A remarkable 1.3 million viewers north of the Border – a 58 per cent share of the TV audience – and 3.2 million across the UK tuned in to watch the new series of the BBC show, which last aired almost a decade ago.
Written by and starring Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill, it follows the antics of pensioners Jack Jarvis and Victor McDade in the fictional Glasgow housing scheme of Craiglang.
It ran for six series between 2002 and 2007 and was the inspiration for a 21-night sell-out stage show at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow in 2014.
Kiernan said: ‘It felt like the Bells on Friday night. There was no traffic outside, the pubs were quiet. It was odd but a comforting odd.
‘Feedback from the audience has been immense, thanks so much. Stick with us because the series gets better and better.’
Executive producer Ewan Angus said: ‘This is the first time Still Game has aired on BBC One throughout the UK and it’s heartwarming to see UK audiences getting to know Jack, Victor and the Craiglang gang in such numbers.’