Chewin the Fat

Chewin' The Fat
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Created by	Ford Kiernan Greg Hemphill
Directed by	Michael Hines Colin Gilbert
Starring	Ford Kiernan Greg Hemphill Karen Dunbar Paul Riley
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Production
Producer(s)	The Comedy Unit Effingee Productions
Running time	30 minutes
Release
Original network	BBC One
Original release	Scotland: 13 January 1999 - 31 December 2005 UK: 23 June 2000 - 22 February 2002
Chronology
Related shows	Still Game The Karen Dunbar Show

Chewin' the Fat was 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 among other actors such as Gregor Fisher and Tom Urie.

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 nationally across the United Kingdom. Although the last series ended in February 2002, six Hogmanay specials were broadcast each New Year's Eve between 2000-05, which were later offered on DVD when purchasing the Scottish Sun.

Chewin' the Fat gave rise to the spin-off show Still Game, a sitcom focusing on the two elderly friends, 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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