Paul Riley

Jack Docherty brings together a jam-packed cast of comedians, actors and famous faces for a riotous celebration of Scotland's most valuable export – its sense of humour. Scotland is a small nation with a big funny bone. It's known the world over for self-deprecation, quick-witted patter and deadpan asides. But what makes it so funny? To find out the answer, this programme delves deep into the BBC Scotland archives to find a century’s worth of classic characters, catchphrases and comedy clips.

A celebration of the sitcom Still Game, featuring interviews with the cast, celebrities who have appeared on the show and super fans. Including a look at some favourite moments.

Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill are back and reviving their much loved characters Jack Jarvis and Victor McDade for the first time in years! They've not been seen on the small screen since a Hogmanay special in January 2008, but this year sees a full reunion of the original television cast as Jack and Victor are reunited alongside other Still Game favourites Winston, Isa, Tam, Navid, and Bobby.

Christmas is looming but Winston gets conned by a ned into buying a turkey so fresh it's still alive, Tam devises his own means of delivering Christmas cards for Frances and Jack and Victor are left out in the cold when they offend Isa, who usually supplies their Christmas dinner. Are there consolations to be had by joining the pensioners in the Community Centre?

Jack and Victor face a miserable New Year when they become trapped in a lift at Osprey Heights. Winston recalls the daddy of all Hogmanays, in the dim and distant past when Craiglang knew how to throw a party.

See how the Smokers plan for the Bells while wannabe star Ronald Villiers finally lands a walk-on part, causing mayhem down Shieldinch as a postman in River City. This Chewin' the Fat Hogmanay special is jam packed with all your favourites.

A Hogmanay helping of classic Scottish sketch comedy, as the Chewin’ the Fat gang see in the new millennium with a collection of festive characters, familiar faces and gloriously daft sketches.

The final Hogmanay special of Chewin’ the Fat, bringing the much-loved Scottish sketch show to a close with one last helping of familiar faces, recurring characters and gloriously daft end-of-year comedy. Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill and the gang see out 2005 in typically irreverent fashion, marking the end of an era for one of Scotland’s most popular comedy series.

The Chewin’ the Fat gang return for another Hogmanay special, bringing a fresh batch of sketches, familiar faces and gloriously daft Scottish humour to see in the New Year.

The Chewin’ the Fat team return to see out 2004 with another Hogmanay helping of Scottish sketch comedy. Ford Kiernan, Greg Hemphill and the cast serve up a fresh collection of outrageous characters, familiar favourites and gloriously daft observations on Scottish life as the countdown to the New Year begins.

Jack and Victor are training nonstop for the upcoming choir contest, meanwhile Tam has his eyes on a fruit machine promising a huge payout. Winston works as a lollipop man.

Jack and Victor's plans for a Highland retreat for Hogmanny go awry when they upset the locals, while Winston and Tam have plenty of trouble even getting there. Meena is away in India but Navid's jealousy over her old flame Natterjee draws him closer to Isa.

The stars of Scotland's "Chewin' the Fat" take to the stage in a live show recorded live at the King's Theater, Glasgow.

Victor, Jack and Winston, three friends and willy old widowers are trapped to their own devices 19 stories up in a Glasgow high rise. "The lift's aff!" and until it gets fixed there's hee haw to do but argue, reminisce and wind each other up.

One man must learn the meaning of courage across four lifetimes centuries apart.

Jack, Victor, and Winston are old-age pensioners who live in a tower block outside Glasgow. One day, the lift breaks down, leaving them stuck in Victor's flat—where they talk about sex, death, family, and neds. Oh, and on the subject of money: Is Victor really as skint as he says he is?

A festive helping of Chewin’ the Fat as the gang return for Hogmanay 2001, serving up another collection of outrageous characters, recurring favourites and distinctly Scottish sketch comedy to ring in the New Year.