Snoddy
| Snoddy | |
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| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Johnny Crawford |
| Written by | Johnny Crawford |
| Directed by | Ron Bain |
| Starring |
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| Composer | Dave Hurricane |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Ewan Angus |
| Producer | Colin Gilbert |
| Production location | Scotland |
| Editor | John Brooks |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company | The Comedy Unit |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC One Scotland |
| Release | 13 March – 17 April 2002 |
Snoddy was a six-part Scottish television sitcom, written and created by Johnny Crawford, that first broadcast on BBC One Scotland on 13 March 2002.[1] The series, which aired at 10:35pm on Wednesdays, starred Gregor Fisher of Rab C Nesbitt fame as DCI Samuel J. Snoddy, the head of Scotland's Elite Crime Squad, who is obsessed with spending more time playing golf abroad rather than fighting crimes.[2]
Only a single series of six episodes was broadcast, and the series was never shown outside of Scotland.[2] The series was regarded as unsuccessful and was axed by BBC bosses following poor ratings.[citation needed] The series was heavily promoted in and around the Glasgow area, with a number of billboard posters portraying the tagline "it's a Hotel Oscar Oscar Tango of a show” being put up around the city.[3] Notably, the series has never been made available on DVD.
Production
[edit]Snoddy was Johnny Crawford's first television writing credit, eventually being produced by The Comedy Unit for BBC One Scotland after first being offered to Channel 4 in 1998. Producer Colin Gilbert described Snoddy as Crawford's "rich, refreshing, and tangential left-field vision". Scripts for the series were subject to redrafting, with Gilbert commenting, "It's been a challenge for us to control everything into half-hour episodes that make narrative sense and are still funny. John's certainly had to work at making Snoddy just that bit easier for folk to follow, re-writing and re-writing, but he's become a much better writer as he's gone along."[4]
Cast
[edit]- Gregor Fisher as DCI Samuel J. Snoddy
- Dawn Steele as Laura Bonney
- Hugh Ross as Chief Inspector Chalmers
- Gavin Mitchell as DC Jackie Murdoch
- James Young as DC Wilson
- Brian Pettifer as Professor Baxter
- Tom Urie as Captain Ortego
- Alan McCafferty as PC MacCubbin
- Billy Riddoch as PC Greig
Episodes
[edit]| Episode | Title | Written by | Directed by | Original airdate | Viewers (millions) | |
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| 1 | "Get Carty" | TBA | TBA | 13 March 2002 | TBA | |
| 2 | "Sky Where the Sea Should Be" | Johnny Crawford | Ron Bain | 20 March 2002 | TBA | |
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Professor Baxter is hospitalised following an assault and uses an unusual method of communication to provide a description of his attackers. Snoddy tries to help out former police officer Ally Black (Andy Gray) who finds himself homeless after being robbed whilst using a virtual reality machine. Meanwhile, Chief Inspector Chalmers (Hugh Ross) orders the Elite Crime Squad to investigate an unsolved cold case involving the theft of a rare malt whisky, and takes the team on a tour of a local brewery run by Keith Malarkey (Vince Handley). During the tour, Snoddy makes an unexpected connection between the two cases. | ||||||
| 3 | TBA | TBA | TBA | 27 March 2002 | TBA | |
| 4 | "Cyborg Polis" | Johnny Crawford | Ron Bain | 3 April 2002 | TBA | |
| 5 | "B.A.W.S." | Johnny Crawford | Ron Bain | 10 April 2002 | TBA | |
| 6 | TBA | TBA | TBA | 17 April 2002 | TBA | |
References
[edit]- ^ "Snoddy". British Sitcom Guide. Retrieved 12 May 2008.
- ^ a b ""Crime never kips" for Snoddy". BBC Press Office. 2 March 2002. Retrieved 12 May 2008.
- ^ "Snoddy : Off the Telly".
- ^ ""Breaking all the Laws of Comedy"". The Herald. 4 March 2002. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
External links
[edit]- Snoddy at IMDb
- Snoddy at British Comedy Guide