Greg Hemphill & Ford Kiernan: 'Still Game' stage production

TV’s Still Game to return to the stage

 

Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill have given their blessing for the stage adaptation.
Picture: Phil Wilkinson

Still Game is to make a return after a six-year absence with the blessing of Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill, the duo behind the series.

The duo, who also starred in another BBC comedy hit, Chewing The Fat, have given permission for the stage production.
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Jayd Johnson: filming 'Field of Blood' second series

Lights, camera, action - in Glenburn
The cast of a hit BBC television show picked a location in Paisley to film part of their second series.
Field of Blood star Jayd Johnson headed for Skye Crescent, in Glenburn, where the production spent a full day on set.
And Chewin’ The Fat actor, Ford Kiernan, was also in town as part of the all-star cast.
The thrilling crime drama, written by award winning author Denise Mina, centres on the ferociously male-dominated world of 1980s newspaper journalism.

The new series takes Paddy Meehan (Johnson), who is now a fully-fledged newspaper reporter, through the changing face of journalism, set against the backdrop of the brutal miner’s strike.
The cast and crew spent the day in Glenburn and many locals chanced their arm to try and get some ‘extra’ work.
George Costello, from Glenburn, revealed how he approached the production team in the hope of landing a last-minute starring role.
He said: “My philosophy is that if you don’t ask, you don’t get – although on this occasion I didn’t get!
“It was just quite exciting to see a film unit in my neck of the woods and especially Field of Blood. I absolutely loved the first series.
“I went over and asked if they were looking for any extras but I was told that they had brought them all with them.”
But in a real coup for the production, former Coronation Street star, Katherine Kelly (who played Becky McDonald), will join Johnson, Kiernan and David Morrissey, as Maloney, the new editor-in-chief of the paper.
Although she wasn’t required for the Glenburn scenes, Katherine told the Paisley Daily Express: “I’m delighted to join the cast of Field Of Blood: The Dead Hour.
“I think Davy Kane’s scripts are fantastic, as is his vision for the show. Maloney is a ferociously ambitious character and I’m excited to play such a ruthless, yet complicated, woman.
“I’m really looking forward to filming in the west of Scotland with a top class cast and crew.”
Christopher Aird, BBC Scotland Head of Drama and Executive Producer, added: “Field Of Blood: The Dead Hour will see the return of the brilliant characters and stories that made the first series so authentically thrilling.
“This second series builds on the success of the first and I’m very excited we have Katherine Kelly, one of the best young actresses in the country, in our cast.”
The drama, which is set to transmit on BBC Scotland in 2013, also stars Amy Manson (Misfits) and Michael Nardone (River City).
Source: Paisley Daily Express

Jayd Johnson and Ford Kiernan: 'Field of Blood' second series

Former Corrie favourite Katherine Kelly is to star alongside David Morrissey, Jayd Johnson and Ford Kiernan in the second series of BBC Scotland’s acclaimed crime drama Field of Blood: the Dead Hour.

Taking place in the early 1980s, Field of Blood tells the story of a young copy-girl named Paddy Meehan (Jayd Johnson) working in a Glasgow newspaper office, whose attempts to become a fully-fledged journalist end up embroiling her in criminal investigations.

Kelly will star in the new series as the newspaper’s ambitious editor-in-chief Maloney, who intends to bring the periodical into the modern age, much to the chagrin of current editor Murray Devlin (David Morrissey).

Kelly said: "I’m delighted to join the cast of Field Of Blood: The Dead Hour.
"Maloney is a ferociously ambitious character and I'm excited to play such a ruthless, yet complicated, woman. I'm really looking forward to filming in Glasgow with a top class cast and crew."

Following on from the award-winning drama’s first 2011 miniseries, Field of Blood: the Dead Hour sees Paddy and reporter George McVie (Ford Kiernan) investigating an apparently innocuous call about a disturbance in an affluent part of Glasgow, which leads them to uncover police corruption, a government conspiracy and a cold-blooded murder.

Field of Blood is adapted from Denise Mina's bestselling novels about Patricia "Paddy" Meehan by Taggart scriptwriter David Kane.

Filming on the new series got under way in Glasgow this week. Field of Blood: the Dead Hour will be broadcast on the BBC in 2013.

Source: Radio Times