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Still Game is a Scottish sitcom, produced by The Comedy Unit with the BBC. It was created by Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill, who play the lead characters, two Glaswegian pensioners, named Jack Jarvis and Victor McDade respectively. The characters were originally from the pair's previous show Chewin' the Fat which aired in Scotland from January 1999 until June 2000. Following its debut on 1 September 2002 44 episodes of ''Still Game'' were aired, including Christmas and Hogmanay specials. The first three series were broadcast only on BBC One Scotland, though five episodes compiled from the first two series were later broadcast throughout the UK on BBC Two in January–February 2004. All subsequent episodes received UK-wide broadcasts on BBC Two. The show enjoyed higher ratings than its neighbours on the BBC Two Comedy Zone and received wide critical acclaim. As of 2015 Still Game Series Four and Five were uploaded to the worldwide version of Netflix. Series 1–5 available on UK Netflix from November 2015. ==History== ''Still Game'' started as a stage play featuring three characters: Jack Jarvis, Victor McDade, and Winston Ingram. Due to a broken lift, the three men are stranded in Victor's flat and discuss a variety of subjects ranging from death to sex. The stage play toured Scotland, England, Ireland and Canada before returning to Glasgow, where it was filmed and released on video and DVD. A small number of revisions accompanied ''Still Games transition from stage to television. Gavin Mitchell, who originally played Winston (and was replaced by Paul Riley for later performances), played the part of Boabby the Barman in the series. Characters mentioned in passing were later fleshed out into supporting characters. In 1998 Jack and Victor appeared in a number of skits in a tongue-in-cheek documentary about Scottish pop music called ''Och Around the Clock''. In these they are shown to be watching while sitting in Victor's flat. As with the Muppet characters Statler and Waldorf, their skits centred on the duo's disparaging comments about the performers. The characters reappeared in Kiernan and Hemphill's sketch show ''Chewin' the Fat'', nearly every episode of which featured Jack, Victor, Tam and Winston, with minor differences from their counterparts in the series. By the time ''Still Game'' became a show in its own right Winston's physical appearance had changed significantly, but he was still played by Paul Riley. As the show evolved, supporting characters assumed greater prominence. Jack and Victor made their final appearance on ''Chewin' the Fat'' in the 2002 Hogmanay Special. The sixth series of ''Still Game'' ended on BBC Two on 23 August 2007. A Christmas special was aired on BBC One Scotland on 23 December and for the rest of the UK on BBC Two on 28 December. There was also a Hogmanay special called "Hootenanny" aired on BBC One Scotland, later aired to the rest of the UK on 2 January 2008. Ford Kiernan, Greg Hemphill and Paul Riley's company Effingee Productions is thought to have split up after Riley walked away to go it alone after being refused more control over the future of the company by Kiernan. Hemphill stated that he didn't want a "boardroom battle".〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work=It’s game over for Scots comedy duo )〕 On 15 October 2013, the Daily Record ran a front page story that the show would be returning. On 23 October 2013, Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill announced details of live shows at The SSE Hydro in Glasgow at a press conference. They were scheduled to perform four shows beginning in September 2014, but due to high demand it was extended to 16 then 21 shows.〔(Five more dates added for Still Game's Hydro show )〕 The 21 shows at The Hydro ran from 19 September 2014 until 10 October 2014, played to 210,000 fans and made £6 million in ticket sales.〔(Still Game pulls in £6million from 21 sell-out shows at the Hydro – paving the way for a new TV series )〕 In November 2014, a special sketch featuring Jack and Victor visiting the set of River City was made for Children in Need. The sketch also featured a cameo of a director played by Still Game director Michael Hines. On Hogmanay 2014, BBC Scotland showed a documentary celebrating the show tiled "Still Game: The Story So Far". The program featured interviews with the cast, celebrities who have appeared on the show and superfans. Including a look at some favourite moments. Recently at the BBC there have been plans to make a new series, talks are still underway. There has been updates on the topic with people claiming they have spotted some of the cast filming series 7 around Maryhill in Glasgow, whether or not these rumours are true is unknown. Some of the cast including Gavin Mitchell (@GavsterNo1) who plays Boabby has hinted at a TV return on the social media site Twitter. Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill have recently hinted at a return 'sooner than you would think', there is yet to be confirmation from the BBC of a 7th series. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Still Game」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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