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Glasgow Times
23-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Glasgow Times
Still Game news, interviews and updates on the show
Their popularity led to a dedicated sitcom which initially ran from 2002 until 2007, before a hiatus in production. (Image: Newsquest) Series 7 returned in October 2016 on BBC One. The show wrapped up in the ninth series in 2019. Still Game also sold out three multi-date live productions at the Hydro in Glasgow, performing to around 500,000 people across 50 shows from 2014 to 2019. Read on for all the latest Still Game news, interviews and updates. Latest Still Game news As reported by the Glasgow Times, here is a selection of the latest Still Game news stories. New mural of Still Game star appears in Glasgow city centre Still Game star taking part in gala day football match Still Game star to bring 'intimate' tour to Dumbarton Cast of Still Game Still Game stars Hemphill as the blunt and crabbit Victor McDade, Kiernan as Jack Jarvis – Victor's mischievous sidekick, Paul Riley as Winston Ingram, Mark Cox as Thomas 'Tam' Mullen, Jane McCarry as Isa Drennan, Sanjeev Kohli as Navid Harrid, and Gavin Mitchell as Robert 'Boabby' Taylor. Jane McCarry as Isa and Sanjeev Kohli as Navid (Image: Alan Peebles/BBC) Will there be a Still Game movie? Kiernan recently quashed rumours that the sitcom will be returning as a 'film'. He revealed in a TikTok video that the rumours was 'crap' and that 'no film' is being created. Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill as Jack Jarvis and Victor McDade (Image: Alan Peebles/BBC) He said in the clip: "You shouldn't be messing about with the fans of the show and stuff like that. So, there's no film. The characters are dead, remember? "Stop asking me because I can't be bothered. I don't know how many times you need to be told, it's no happening now anyway and there's no filming going on for it, that's for sure - that I'm aware of." How many seasons of still game are there? Still Game ran for nine series, with the first airing in September 2002 and the ninth, and final, series concluding in March 2019. There was a hiatus in between. Still Game book The iconic show has been adapted into a comic book titled He Who Hingeth Aboot Getteth HeeHaw. Ford and Greg with a copy of the comic book (Image: Newsquest) The book features cartoon versions of the cast, including main characters Jack Jarvis and Victor McDaid. Kiernan and Hemphill worked on the book with Gordon Tait of publishers Scunnered Ink, who hired a team of cartoonists to adapt the beloved characters on paper. Still Game filming location Jack and Victor lived in the fictional district of Craiglang in Glasgow. The filming location includes Maryhill, which represented Craiglang, and Townhead, where Navid's shop was. Gavin Mitchell as Boabby the barman (Image: Alan Peebles/BBC) The Gimlet on Ruchill Street was used as the exterior of The Clansman, the iconic pub. After its demolition, a replica facade was erected at BBC Scotland's Glasgow North Media Park (Craigmont Studios) from Series 4 onward. We previously reported Robyn's Nest café that featured in the show as The Rendezvous Café closed down. Still Game cast who died Jimmy Martin, who played Eric in the series, died at the age of 93. He passed away earlier this year in February. Jimmy Martin played Eric in Still Game (Image: BBC Studios/Alan Peebles) Michael Hinnes, who directed the show, confirmed Martin's passing on the social media platform, X. He said: "Just to let all the Still Game fans out there that Jimmy Martin "Eric" passed away today. "He was a wonderful actor and I was honoured to call him pal." Where to watch Still Game All nine series and full episodes can be watched on BBC iPlayer as well as streaming service, Netflix.
BBC News
19-06-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Charity rowers eye Atlantic crossing record
A four-man team of rowers are looking to write their names into the history books and become the fastest group to row across the Atlantic Ocean. Jack Jarvis, David Bruce, Sam Edwards and Adam Radcliffe will row from New York all the way back to Southampton in an attempt to set a record. On Thursday evening they will embark on a 3,500-mile journey across the North Atlantic in a bid to break the 43-day world record for this route. They are doing this challenge to raise money for Head Up, a UK charity aimed at promoting mental health awareness for UK armed forces."Doing experiences like this can give you magical moments," Jarvis told BBC South Today."It takes a lot of grit but I love the real test of mental fortitude and there are incredible rewards out there like seeing the sunrises, sunsets and the wildlife."Having to deal with the test of being in the Atlantic Ocean It will help to be able to deal with the pressures of life and all it throws at you, it gives you those tools you need." Jarvis has previously taken part in extreme rowing. Back in 2022 he became the first person to row solo and unsupported from mainland Europe to mainland North America. The charity they are raising money for has a personal meaning to the team, of whom some have a military background. One of Bruce's close friends - a former Royal Marine who had been deployed to Afghanistan - took his life this year. "It is a charity close to all of our hearts," Jarvis added."Head Up help current and former members of the armed forces cope better with their mental health, it's a charity we really want to get behind."We're a really aligned group doing this. I met some of them through my military service and I met Adam online, we rode from the Bahamas to Miami before."They're a good group of lads and I'm really looking forward to this experience of rowing the Atlantic with them."
Fox News
19-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Fox News
Man who left corporate job joins 3 veterans rowing across North Atlantic in world record pursuit
When Adam Ratcliffe quit his corporate job three years ago to become a full-time "adventurer," he never pictured rowing 3,500 nautical miles across one of the world's most hazardous oceans – especially with three ex-Royal Marines and on a boat once lost at sea. Their mission is to break the world record of rowing across the North Atlantic, to push their personal limits and to raise awareness about veterans' mental health. The four-man, all-British "Team United We Conquer" plans to depart from Liberty Landing, New Jersey, on Thursday and race to make it to the British Isles of Scilly in under 43 days, 21 hours and 26 minutes. In an interview with Fox News Digital, Ratcliffe and teammate Jack Jarvis explained their goal is to raise £50,000 (approximately $67,158) for Head Up, a mental health charity benefiting the British armed forces community. Jarvis, a 12-year British army veteran who holds the world record for solo rowing across the Atlantic in 111 days, said this next venture comes just months after he left military service in February. Since returning to civilian life, Jarvis said he has experienced feelings of a "lack of purpose," but he joked that he doubts he will feel the sense of isolation common among veterans. After all, he will be traveling on a seven-meter boat with "three other hairy men" for more than 40 days. "Doing something like this has really given me that purpose, you know, that meaning, that I'm doing something worthwhile with my time and actually going out there and making a difference," Jarvis told Fox News Digital. "And yeah, we're very close now, but after 40 days of living on top of each other, ask that question at the end…. But no, I'm sure the best friendships are forged in the fire." By contrast, Ratcliffe, the only member of the crew without military experience, left his corporate job as an engineer to pursue creating adventure content on YouTube full-time. He said he could return to the corporate world after his sabbatical, "but realistically, when I'm on my deathbed at 90 years old, what would I consider the least cowardice decision and the best decision for my life to be?" By signing onto this trip, he said he wants to spread the message to anyone, veteran or non-veteran, who struggles with mental health that "they have the autonomy to change their environment and influence the way that they interact with the world, even when you feel like you can't, or you're just floating in the middle of an ocean." "This charity exemplifies taking back a bit of control and just focusing on what you can do, you know, eat in the right way, get some exercise, socializing," Ratcliffe said. "All that matters is you can just take back some of that power and start building momentum in your own life again. And that message obviously is shared advice, whether you've served in the armed forces or not." Ratcliffe and Jarvis will be joined by Royal Marines veterans David "Brucey" Bruce and Sam "Nutty" Edwards as they work to bring the boat once abandoned off the coast of Africa in the Canary Islands all the way home to the U.K. The boat floated over 11 months all the way across to the Caribbean. The team found it and fixed it up in the Bahamas and rowed the boat to mainland Florida. Now in New York, their next trek does not come without considerable risk. While there have been hundreds of successful expeditions across the Mid-Atlantic, the North Atlantic is less frequently traversed by solo ocean rowers and teams. Ratcliffe and Jarvis noted people have died attempting this route. "Why am I risking my life when I don't need to? I think I long for that sense of meaning, about why I joined the military, so if I can channel that into doing something amazing and raise a load of money to help, to help veterans and serving members of the armed forces, you know, why not when I'm physically capable and able?" Jarvis said. "Just because I'm not working a corporate job, is that what I should be doing? Yeah, I'm running my own race, living my own life, so that's why I do it." "This challenge has put death into perspective for me as well, but the reason that I signed on and I'm taking these decisions in my life is I don't want to leave lots of space on the table in terms of fulfilling my potential," Ratcliffe added. Once reaching the Isles of Scilly, they plan to continue to Northampton, England, where they will end their journey together. The current world record holders for the fastest four-person west to east row across the North Atlantic are Leven Brown, Don Lennox, Ray Carroll and Livar Nysted. They completed the row from Battery Park, New York, to the Isles of Scilly on June 17, 2010. More than a decade later, Jarvis told Fox News Digital his team plans to use Elon Musk's Starlink technology once a day and hopefully interview with the media at the half-way point. Even so, he joked the challenge will help beat phone addiction. "A great way, if you're addicted to being online, is to go and row an ocean, because you don't have time to check TikTok and Instagram," Jarvis said. Ratcliffe said supporters can track their location on Garmin and send donations to Head Up through the website, Ratcliffe and Jarvis both shared lessons they've learned in overcoming adversity, encouraging others to pursue the true version of themselves, whether in big or small ways. "I think adversity is inevitable – no matter who you are, every single human, basically, adversity that feels like it's stretching them, and whether you're fighting in a war or just fighting the battle to get out of bed in the morning, that can feel insurmountable for whoever you are on a personal basis," Ratcliffe said. "Adversity can be anything from rowing the Atlantic to just getting up and working a 12-hour shift that you might hate, but you have to do it to support your family," Jarvis said, explaining that crossing the North Atlantic sounds overwhelming, but less so if you focus on just the next rowing shift or the next coffee break. "Break it down, not let yourself go overwhelmed and just focus on the next step forward."
