Empty (TV series)
| Empty | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Situation comedy |
| Directed by | Colin Gilbert |
| Starring |
Gregor Fisher Billy Boyd Tom Urie |
| Opening theme | "In the City" by The Jam |
| Ending theme | "In the City" by The Jam |
| Country of origin | Scotland |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) |
Iain Davidson The Comedy Unit |
| Location(s) | Greater Glasgow |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC Two |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 28 February – 3 April 2008 |
| External links | |
| Website | www |
Empty is a six-episode BBC Two sitcom first broadcast on 28 February 2008. It stars Gregor Fisher and Billy Boyd as Jacky Allen and Tony MacBryan respectively, two men who work for a property maintenance company 'Greater Glasgow Building Services'.
Each episode mostly revolves around the dialogue of the two main characters as they discuss their lives (and unseen wives) and the things they find in the houses they clear. Jacky and Tony are also given to re-enacting silent comedy and music hall routines, and always take a polaroid photo of themselves which they date and hide in a crevice somewhere. The pair also like to guess what they will find behind each door before they open it. As befits their personalities, Jacky's guesses are usually amusing and fanciful, while Tony's are often gruesome, even macabre.
Although the main duo interact with various other characters over the course of the series, the only supporting character to appear in more than one episode is Barry, a plumber who dresses like Super Mario and is nicknamed "Super Barrio" by Jacky and Tony (though he has never heard of the character and doesn't understand the joke). Barry is played by Tom Urie.
The series is written by Robert Florence and Iain Connell, who wrote the series Burnistoun, Legit and sketches for Chewin' the Fat, also produced by BBC Scotland.
The show signature theme by The Jam was changed for syndication, when the show was uploaded to popular broadcasting platform Netflix it was noted to be a generic theme which sounded similar to the original, somewhat similar in how Still Game main theme was changed due to royalties.
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