© BBC/Robert Pereira-Hind Scripts finished for Still Game's next series
Filming to start this summer
The new series of Still Game is a step closer to hitting TV screens, now the scripts have been finished
Co-creator Greg Hemphill has revealed on Twitter that he and Ford Kiernan have finished writing the eighth series.
He tweeted: ‘Still Game scripts finished!’ along with a string of emojis to represent the cast.
Six new episodes are due to be filmed on location in Glasgow and at BBC Scotland’s Dumbarton Studios this summer for broadcast on BBC One later this year.
It will be the and second series to be networked both north and south of the border. Last year’s season attracted between 3 and 4.3million viewers to the channel.
Paul Riley, Jane McCarry, Mark Cox, Sanjeev Kohli and Gavin Mitchell are all returning to the sitcom.
Published: 7 Jun 2017
