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Comedys creator leaves the show to join Channel 4 Scot Squad creator Joe Hullait is leaving the show to join Channel 4 as a  commissioning  executive. The writer said he was ‘sad to be leaving the job of a lifetime’ but was proud of the success of the comedy, which revolves around a fictional Scottish police force led by Chief Constable Cameron Miekelson, as played by Jack Docherty. Writing on Twitter he said: ‘What happens with the series now is a matter for other people to decide�...

Scot Squad creator Joe Hullait to leave show after nearly ten years of comedy THE creator of a hit BBC Scotland sitcom is to leave after filming his final season of the show.  Joe Hullait announced his retirement from Scot Squad on Twitter this morning, thanking fans for watching over the almost ten years since the programme debuted.  He said: "The latest series of Scot Squad is the last one Ill be working on. After ten years of making the show with a team that now feels like family, i...

Unexpected plaudits We got a ringing endorsement from the head of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service ... for slagging off the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service. One of the ongoing gags is that Chief Commissioner Cameron Miekelson – played by Jack Docherty – hates the fire service. Sometimes when you make jokes about them you feel guilty because nobody could really hate firefighters. And often you get some people taking offence, but never the people in the fire service themselves. They ...

Unexpected plaudits We got a ringing endorsement from the head of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service ... for slagging off the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service. One of the ongoing gags is that Chief Commissioner Cameron Miekelson – played by Jack Docherty – hates the fire service. Sometimes when you make jokes about them you feel guilty because nobody could really hate firefighters. And often you get some people taking offence, but never the people in the fire service themselves. They ...

New series of Scot Squad starts tonight at 10pm The popular show will return to BBC Scotland tonight at 10pm. Scot Squad returns tonight (Image: BBC) Get the latest celeb gossip and telly news sent straight to your inbox each week with our Showbiz newsletter.Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or serv...

The best of the weeks comedy on TV and radio The week’s best comedy on TV and radio. Sunday January 3 THE GREAT: Elle Fanning stars as Catherine The Great, Empress of All Russia, in this US period comedy-drama with a very casual relationship with historical accuracy. Channel 4, 9pm JOZ NORRIS: A SMALL TALK ON SMALL TALK: Radio 4 begins a new series of Radio 4 stand-up specials with this exploration of what goes on in his head while ‘wading through the quicksand that is polite chit chat’....

Channel: Channel 4 Made a Scottish favourite by the Irn-Bru parody, Raymond Brigg’s wordless delight features the song everyone loves to sing along with – Walking in the Air. What: The Great Christmas Bake Off 2020 When: 7.40pm Channel: Channel 4 After the success of Edinburgh’s Peter Sawkins on this year’s baking show, GBBO is back for a festive special with some old show favourites – as well as a performance from Alexandra Burke. What: Still Game Channel: BBC Scotlan...

Channel: Channel 4 Made a Scottish favourite by the Irn-Bru parody, Raymond Brigg’s wordless delight features the song everyone loves to sing along with – Walking in the Air. What: The Great Christmas Bake Off 2020 When: 7.40pm Channel: Channel 4 After the success of Edinburgh’s Peter Sawkins on this year’s baking show, GBBO is back for a festive special with some old show favourites – as well as a performance from Alexandra Burke. What: Still Game Channel: BBC Scotlan...

  ‘If I was in Outlander, I’d be ‘hag-up-a-hillside’ - Elaine C Smith on playing real Glasgow women ‘If I was in Outlander, I’d be ‘hag-up-a-hillside’ Elaine C Smith on playing real Glasgow women SHE is famous for bringing no-nonsense, heart-of-gold Glasgow women, warts and all, to the stage and screen. Elaine C Smith, whose best-known characters over the decades have included long-suffering Mary Doll in Rab C Nesbitt, gullible Dolly in The Steamie a...