Gary: Tank Commander
| Gary: Tank Commander | |
|---|---|
| Starring | Greg McHugh |
| Country of origin | Scotland |
| Original language(s) | English, some Scots |
| No. of series | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 18 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | approx. 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | The Comedy Unit |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC Scotland (both BBC1 & BBC2) |
| Original release | 21 October 2009 – 17 October 2012 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Gary: Tank Commander is a BAFTA award-winning Scottish sitcom, written and created by Greg McHugh, and produced by the Comedy Unit. The show originated in 2008 as a one-off pilot for More4, under the title Gary's War. A full series was subsequently commissioned and broadcast on BBC Two Scotland in December 2009, with the programme moving to BBC One Scotland for the second series in January 2011. Originally broadcast in Scotland only, in the summer of 2011 the series received a UK-wide screening on BBC Three.
McHugh, who is also the screenwriter, plays the eponymous character, Gary McLintoch (the tank commander), a corporal in the fictional 104th Royal Tank Regiment of the British Army. Filming for the third series began in April 2012.
Each episode is about the lives of Gary and his three British Army friends after they have returned home to Midlothian, Scotland from military deployments. The first series follows the foursome's service in Iraq, while the second takes place after their time in Afghanistan.
Filming locations have included East Kilbride's Territorial Army (TA) Centre, Walcheren Barracks in Maryhill, Garelochhead Training Camp and the drill hall of the Glasgow and Strathclyde Universities Officer Training Corps. Clydebank has also featured as the "town centre" (episodes 1 and 3) and a location in Kirkintilloch was used for the Iraq army camp scenes (apparently, a section of land and a human-made hole were employed), both appearing in the first season.
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