Chewin' the Fat (1999)
- Directed by
- Michael Hines
- Genre
- sketch comedy, comedy television series
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Length
- 4 seasons, 24 episodes
- Rating
- 7.6 of 10 from 16 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This is a Scottish sketch comedy show with a cast of recurring characters and comedians. It started as a radio series before becoming a TV show on BBC Scotland. The show features casual and silly conversations and sketches, and later led to a spin-off series about two old friends.
comedicplayfulfast-pacednostalgicirreverentquirkylighthearteddown-to-earth
What happens
Chewin' the Fat is a Scottish comedy sketch show, starring Ford Kiernan, Greg Hemphill and Karen Dunbar. Comedians Paul Riley and Mark Cox also appeared regularly on the show among other actors such as Tom Urie. Chewin' the Fat first started as a radio series on BBC Radio Scotland. The later television show, which ran for four series, was first broadcast on BBC One Scotland, but series three and four, as well as highlights from the first two series, were later broadcast nationally across the United Kingdom. Although the last series ended in February 2002, a Hogmanay special was broadcast each New Year's Eve between 2000 and 2005. Chewin' the Fat gave rise to the successful, and cult spin-off show Still Game, a sitcom focusing on the two elderly friends, Jack and Victor. The series was mostly filmed in and around Glasgow and occasionally West Dunbartonshire. The English idiom to chew the fat means to chat casually, but thoroughly, about subjects of mutual interest. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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