Burnistoun star Robert Florence has revealed he has started making a full series of his family comedy The Scotts.
Rab and fellow actor Iain Connell had already got together for a pilot BBC One show about feuding brothers Vincent and Henry in a dysfunctional family, with Barbara Rafferty as the matriarch.
The characters have been described as the Scottish Gallagher brothers , with Iain’s character Henry being a family man and scaffolder with a traditional outlook, while Rab’s Vincent is a smug, self-made man with a cosmetic surgery business.
The duo who wrote Burnistoun have also written and starred in Scots comedies Legit, Empty and The Sunny but had hoped the new comedy could fill a gap left by the like of Still Game.
Robert said: “Nobody will ever be able to match what Still Game did. It’s one of the greatest sitcoms of all time, and certainly the best Scottish sitcom ever.
“So it’s too high a bar to clear. But hopefully we can find an audience of our own out there."
The pilot focused on the upcoming 70th birthday party of the brothers’ mum Moira, played by Barbara and the style of the show is like a mix of documentary with chat to camera in between.
The show also stars Scott sister Colette (Louise McCarthy) – a livewire ready to explode – and her boyfriend Darren, played by Lee Greig (aka wrestler Jack Jester).
Rab confirmed that, following the pilot in January, a full series was given the green light for what he expects to be autumn.
He said: 'A week today we start filming a full series of The Scotts, which we piloted before the pandemic."
"Should be on later this year. Six episodes, kinda like a reality show, about a family from Glasgow. Phase 2 of the Burnistoun Cinematic Universe."
He also showed off the front cover of the script and added: "Some bedtime reading. Great cast on this. Absolutely brilliant cast. If it doesn’t work, blame the writers."
