Velvet Soup | |
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Genre | Sketch comedy |
Written by | Neil Harrison Paul Marshall Rab Christie Noddy Davidson Mark McDonnell Steven McNicoll |
Directed by | Eric Haynes Ngowan |
Starring |
Gavin Mitchell Steven McNicoll Julie Duncanson Mark McDonnell |
Theme music composer | The Gentleman's Wash |
Country of origin | Scotland |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 12 |
Production | |
Producer(s) | Gary Chippington BBC Scotland |
Cinematography | Brian Jobson |
Running time | 30 minutes (approx.) |
Production company(s) | BBC Scotland |
Release | |
Original network | BBC Two |
Picture format | 16:9 PAL SD |
Audio format | Stereo |
Original release | 1 July 2001 – 24 June 2003 |
Velvet Soup was a Scottish comedy sketch show, starring Gavin Mitchell, Steven McNicoll, Julia Duncanson and Mark McDonnell.
It started as a radio series for BBC Radio Scotland called Velvet Cabaret, named after a nightclub in Glasgow's Sauchiehall Street called The Velvet Rooms where the first series was recorded. After a couple of series, the show was commissioned as a pilot for BBC Scotland and BBC Two, before going to series.
The show first aired in 2001 and ended in 2003.
It has not received an official DVD release.