Christopher MacArthur-Boyd stars in pop video

Comedians Christopher MacArthur-Boyd and Amelia Bayler star in the new video from  Glasgow band Former Champ.

Filmed in one shot, the promo for the song Porcelain shows the comic enjoying a sausage breakfast, blissfully unaware of an argument unfolding behind him. Bayler plays the woman involved in the row, eventually broken up by the cafe owner. 

The guitarist of Former Champ, Craig Angus, says the band have long been fans of MacArthur-Boyd

He said: ‘We’ve been admirers of Chris for a while now and we are all regular listeners of his Here Comes The Guillotine podcast with Frankie Boyle and Susie McCabe. 

‘He’s been a supporter of the band from the start and we knew that given 90 seconds on camera he’d find several ways to crack us up. I’ve never seen anyone use ketchup so artfully.’

The video was  filmed at Langside Cafe in Glasgow’s Southside and directed by Nicholas Patrick Afchain, who previously shot Marc Jennings’s comedy specials as well as several other music videos. 

Lasting just 90 seconds, the wry power-pop single, comes from the five-piece’s forthcoming debut album I Saw You in Paradise, due for release on the band’s own Hand of God label on September 19.

Published: 14 Jul 2025