Chewin' the Fat

1999

Chewin' the Fat

8.1 | en | Comedy

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. 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 to the rest of the United Kingdom. Although the last series ended in February 2002, 6 Hogmanay specials were broadcast and offered on DVD when purchasing the Scottish Sun between 2000 to 2005, one every year. Chewin' the Fat gave rise to the spin-off show Still Game, a sitcom focusing on the two old male characters 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.

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Seasons & Episodes

EP6 The Last One

Feb. 22,2002

Ronald Villiers Reads the News - UK-USA Officer Swap - Bothered Artist - 1885, Jackie and Colin - Smoking Family On An Aeroplane - The Teacher - Jack and Victor - Farting Coach - Picture Spoiler - Computer Assistants - Do You Have a Club Card? - Take a Drink! - Brenda the Bossy Aunt - The Lighthouse Keepers - Sewer Boys

EP5 Funeral for a Lonely Shopkeeper

Feb. 15,2002

Farting Coach - Ronald Villiers - M'on the Ducks! - The Teacher - For the Caledonian Extra - 1885 - Meinen Cloden! - UK-USA officer swap - At the nightclub - Smoking Family - Computer Assistants - Big Jock - Sewer Boys - The Big Man Goes to the Toilet - Bish and Bosh

EP4 The Big Man's Life Insurance Advert

Feb. 08,2002

Ronald Villiers - The Big Man's Life Insurance Advert - Fusilier - Pea Factory Madness - M'on the slugs! - Computer Assistants - The Neds - Bish 'n' Bosh - Smoking Family - The Killer Wean On Police Line-Up - Jack and Victor - Broken Hearted Taxi-Woman - 'Ewww!' - The Sewer Boys

EP3 All Hail the Arrival of Captain Nipple Whistle!

Feb. 01,2002

Doctors - Ronald Villiers - Picture Spoiler - The Killer Wean - Captain Nipple-Whistle! - Mr Ssssimpson - Jackie and Colin, 1885 - 'It's never too early for a fusilier!' - The Big Man is pulled over - 'Ewww!' - Auto dealers - Cpt. Nipple Whistle - Jackie and Colin, 1885 - Gretta, the Boss with the Moustache - Bish 'n' Bosh - Milk, Lemonade, Chocolate! - Creepy Grandad - Banter Boys and Hell's Angels - The Teacher - The Neds - Gretta - Sewer Boys

EP2 Brenda the Bossy Aunt

Jan. 25,2002

Cowboy pictures - Ronald Villiers tries his hand as a crook - Milk, lemonade, chocolate! - The Killer Wean - UK-USA officer swap - Brenda the bossy aunt - Seb and Max pt. 1 - Doctor - Copper - 'It's never too early for a fusilier' - Big Jock - Paint and the laundry - Jack and Victor sing - Seb and Max Return to Glasgae - Sleazy Newsman- At the Car show - Taxi-Office Woman - The Farting Coach - Seb and Max pt. 3 - Bish 'n' Bosh the painters - 'Ewww!' - Computer Assistants - Jack and Victor - Smoking Family - Sleazy Newsman

EP1 We're Only Here for the Banter!

Jan. 18,2002

Ronald Villiers does the Zortol Doorstep Challenge - Rokadisco 80 - Chris and Davie in the office - Requiem for a rock star - The Teacher - Benefit Cuts - Computer Assistants - Jack and Victor Crooning - 'Can we film some porn?' - 'It's never too early for a fusilier' - The Banter Boys in the cloakroom - ESP - The Farting Coach - 'Dad, can I have a tongue stud?' - The Big Man goes to College - Milk, Lemonade, Chocolate - The Neds - Brenda the bossy aunt - the Sewer Boys - Jack and Vic go robbing - The Rage Man.

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Released: 1999-01-13 | Released Producted By: , Country: United Kingdom Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:

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Cast

Karen Dunbar , Ford Kiernan , Julie Wilson Nimmo

Director

Ford Kiernan

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Reviews

jc-osms Before "Still Game", there was "Chewin' The Fat", a hilarious sketch show which amongst its umpteen characters indeed introduced the long-running Jack and Victor to the viewer. For my money though, they're not even in the top 10 of the numerous comedy creations that Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill foist on us here.I suppose it is fair to say that all non-Scots should abandon hope and not enter here, not only as they're unlikely to understand the plain-talking broad Scottish accents on show, never mind share much sense of identity with the characters displayed. There's no doubt though that for me and most of my fellow countrymen and women, it was a riotous, must-watch show, employing catch-phrases which are still recalled today like "Gonnae no dae that", "Good guy / w*#k", "I'm on the night shift", "M'oan the fishes", "Taxi for Saracen Street", "Ya couple of f*nnies", "Individual fruit trifle" "I smell sh*te" and loads more.I grew up in Dennistoun, a district of Glasgow, like Ford Kiernan, almost at the same time as him in fact so I particularly get the Glasgow strain to much of the humour. Of course there were occasional misses, for example the too-crude lifeboat sketches, but as for the rest, they're laugh-out-loud funny and as humorous to watch today as when first aired. Just from memory, my favourite characters would comprise "The Big Man", inept actor Ronald De Villiers, Rab McGlinchey interpreting for the Neds, the work-shy painter and decorators, Big Jock, the golf club bore and the forever-fleeing party-girl doing the walk of shame. Favourite sketches, well how about the Tayside "Star Trek" ("Phasers to Malky!"), "Do you come for the bounce?" and the substitute court-room sketch artist amongst many others.Kiernan and Hemphill take most of the parts in various guises, ably supported by Karen Dunbar and it's all great knockabout stuff. There are so many really funny characters and situations here that could maybe have been developed further that I think it's something of a shame that the F and G pair locked onto the Jack and Victor characters ever since at the exclusion of some of the gems here.

collywatt now this programme gets a one star and the reason for that one star is because that is the lowest i'm allowed to give. I've grown up with people saying the catchphrases and having a good laugh so i decided to join in one day and watch it. Needless to say i almost cried but not with laughter. How anyone can think these two idiots and the woman with big nostrils funny is beyond me. For anyone overseas or from England who is interested in watching but hasn't seen it yet let me show you what your missing. A guy in a lighthouse is reading a book. He is about to go to last page but is not there. His lighthouse pal has it in his mouth chewing it. He says to him "Gonnae no dae that", the man chewing replies "How", He replies with "Just.Gonnae No" And yes the whole of Scotland roars with laughter which makes me embarrassed to be of this nationality. Don't get me wrong Catherine Tate sucks as well so British comedy truly is dead. Overall this is a really bad show with really bad characters and I'm not going to even waste my time typing about them as i've already told you about one sketch so you can guess for yourselves. And believe me that "Gonnae no dae that" is apparently the funniest thing in Scotland so you can pretty much say Scottish comedy is well and truly six feet under. Maybe Scottish comedy will come back when Ford Kiearan, Greg Hemphill and Karen Dunbar have had their long, painful and horrible deaths. To my American and English friends, those people are the writers of this crap. All i want to say is sorry that i come from the same country as these twats who seem to think neds and juvenile idiots abusing the elderly and workshy people are funny. Maybe if your from Scottish slums and can relate to these people you might find this funny but remember the writers are probably all middle class, rich and laughing at you. All in all un funniest thing ever. Stick to Little Britain.

Grant Stab Personally, I think that part of the genius of Chewin' the Fat is that it doesn't need to be prestigious or live up to any kind of predecessor to be quality entertainment.There're countless jokes in the show which can simply be described as plainly silly, but its this naïvety and disregard for intellect makes these sketches hysterical on even the most primitive of levels.Chewin' the Fat is more orientated (and, indeed, is prone to subjectiveness) around the Glasgow way of life as opposed to that of Scotland in general; hence it's likely to appeal to an even more limited audience than anticipated.It's unjust to write of this show as a failure to amuse due to its skin-deep lack of precision, but this programme has mair baws than is widely concievable because the creators were aware that it didn't need to live up to any bygone acts.Top-notch; just don't watch it too many times :)

thebrokendrum The BBC must have been drunk when they approved this show. 20 years ago people might of found it funny and I suppose some 8 year olds today probably do. These guys should stick to Christmas panto. The "humour is seriously dated. Long sketches that end with the weakest punchlines since sooty threw a cream pie at sweep are given ridiculous canned laughter. I was initially looking forward to this programme as I had heard it compared to the great Scottish sketch show "naked video". a comment I find insulting to the naked video team.