Written by Kiernan and Hemphill, Still Game takes auld yins behavin’ badly Jack and Victor and opens out the sketch into a sitcom format. This was very well put together scripting, with a leavened mix of back story and a gag driven plot-line. There’s a realistic feel to the dialogue and a convincing approach to context. Jack and Victor might be foul mouthed adolescents grown older, but you’re left in no doubt that Glasgow can be a scary place for OAPs, with Jack desperate to get a flit away from care in the community psycho neighbours who respect nothing and nobody.

There’s nothing cosy in this slice of sitcom life, it might be funny but there’s a grain of hard urban truth running through it.

That’s not to say that the show doesn’t have its fair share of clunkers. Especially grating was the virtual recycling of a faux blow job gag that didn’t work the first time it was run out in Snoddie and it didn’t improve on a second airing. One can only assume that someone at The Comedy Unit has a fellatio fetish - perhaps you can get cream for it.