Still Game - S8E2 'Grim Up North'

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RIP to Erics actor in real life too😢

I worked in security at BBC television centre back in the early 90s and met loads of celebrities from tv and music and sport but the most famous one was Clint Eastwood who was there for an interview or something. You are in awe at first but after speaking to them you find out they are just like any other random person you would chat to say in the street, very down to earth.

fan fact. the actor playing the undertaker was the kind of talent agent that put Greg(Victor) and ford (jack) together for the first time and created their double act career :)

9:38. the toquilla made all their cloths fall off.... but it was too late id seen everything! :D

F’ing 67 That’s my bloody door number and I live 10 doors down from our school kmn

I’ve met a few famous folk, but I’m most proud of meeting the actor who played Tam in a car park in Falkirk about twenty years ago 😀

hi mike and Jess, ever since you had the mishap with wires , the difference between what your watching ( is quite )and you guys are normal volume . So I have to turn the volume up for the show and down when you guys are talking. Please can you take a look at this for me, cheers Pete

The Undertaker is the same actor that gave Winston his womans leg 😂

It's grim up north" is mainly a Southern saying. It suggests that the North of England is cold, industrial, and a depressing place to live compared to the South. It stems from the North's history of heavy coal mining and factory work. During the 1800s, the Industrial Revolution created harsh living conditions and created a bleak image of the North in the minds of people living in the South. Complete twaddle of course.. but that’s us soft Southerners for yer! 😊

It’s called grim up north because Scotland is in the North of the UK. Pour a drink to auld Eric 🍻

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The most famous person I've ever met is Robbie Williams - he went to the same school in Tunstall as my brother-in-law. It was 1997, we were visiting our sister and brother-in-law. Went to the local pub for a drink, and he was sitting there having a pint and reading the Sunday papers. Brother-in-law said Hi Rob, they had a chat and he was introduced to us.

The undertaker always reminded me of the old creepy man in Poltergeist.

To Eric 🍺🍺

I got Nigel Mansell’s autograph when I was a kid and my dad had a pee while standing next to Niki Lauda.

Princess Diana for me in Dundee 1986, not that I remember it. I was 3. Waited for ages and when she was nearly where we were standing my mum said I needed the toilet!

To Eric 🍺

The actor who played Eric, Jimmy Martin, asked to be written out of the show. At 87 years old, he felt the filming schedule & the travelling was becoming too much of a physical strain for him. The creators of Still Game Ford and Greg initially tried to talk Jimmy Martin out of it, but in the end they agreed to his wish.

I didn’t really like the way they killed off the character of Eric. It was quite a shock at the time. Thankfully James Martin, the actor who played him, lived until he was 93 and only passed away last year.

Aaahhh poor auld Eric. James Martin who played Eric (sadly no longer with us for real) was getting on a bit when the show came back (easily into his 80s) and want to retire so he asked to be written out in a memorable way. Lovely actor and a lovely side character.

The actor playing Eric wanted to retire, so asked the writers to bump off his character during this series.

The most famous person I ever met was Geoff Hurst (Scored a hat trick in the 1966 World Cup final) when I was working security at Gatwick Airport. I was 17. Saw him and thought I'd confidently walk up to him and say "Big fan", shake his hand and calmly walk away. What actually happened is I shat myself halfway there and mumbled some nonsense, made a tit of myself 😔

Omar sharif was v v handsome..he was in Dr Zhivago 🙂

You read my mind! Couldn’t sleep so I got up at 4am, still 2 hours before work , so this came at the right time 🙂 . Appreciate all your entertaining reactions, thanks guys 🙏🙂