UK / C4/Absolutely / 14x45m-e 14x35m-e / 1989-93
Writers: The Cast / Producers: Alan Nixon (seasons 1-3), David Tyler (season four)
Eccentric comedy sketch show with a Scottish accent. Absolutely drew together some of Scotland's new breed of comics and gave them a licence for creativity. The result was a collection of surreal and silly sketches. Morwenna Banks perfected the 'Yes, it's twue', worldly-wise junior schoolgirl, Moray Hunter became the anoraky Calum Gilhooley and the Welsh member of the team, John Sparkes, created accident-prone DIY expert Denzil and the lavatorial Frank Hovis.
The parish council of the fictitious village of Stoneybridge was also featured on a regular basis, and Jack Docherty portrayed rabid nationalist McGlashen. Docherty and Hunter (both formerly of Friday Night Live) took their creations, Donald McDiarmid and George McDiarmid - "two friends with but a single surname' - into a spin-off series, Mr Don and Mr George, in 1993.
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