Velvet Soup
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Velvet Soup | |
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Genre | Sketch comedy |
Written by | Neil Harrison Paul Marshall Rab Christie Noddy Davidson Mark McDonnell Steven McNicoll |
Directed by | Eric Haynes Ngowan |
Starring | Gavin Mitchell Steven McNicoll Julie Duncanson Mark McDonnell |
Theme music composer | The Gentleman's Wash |
Country of origin | Scotland |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 12 |
Production | |
Producers | Gary Chippington BBC Scotland |
Cinematography | Brian Jobson |
Running time | 30 minutes (approx.) |
Production company | BBC Scotland |
Original release | |
Network | BBC Two |
Release | 1 July 2001 24 June 2003 | –
Velvet Soup was a Scottish comedy sketch show, starring Gavin Mitchell, Steven McNicoll, Julia Duncanson and Mark McDonnell.
Background
[edit]It started as a radio series for BBC Radio Scotland called Velvet Cabaret, named after a nightclub in Glasgow's Sauchiehall Street called The Velvet Rooms where the first series was recorded. After a couple of series, the show was commissioned as a pilot for BBC Scotland and BBC Two, before going to series.
The show first aired in 2001 and ended in 2003.
It has not received an official DVD release.
Episodes
[edit]Series 1: 2001
[edit]Date | Episode number |
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1 July 2001 | 1 |
8 July 2001 | 2 |
15 July 2001 | 3 |
29 July 2001 | 4 |
5 August 2001 | 5 |
12 August 2001 | 6 |
Series 2: 2003
[edit]Date | Episode number |
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20 May 2003 | 1 |
27 May 2003 | 2 |
3 June 2003 | 3 |
10 June 2003 | 4 |
17 June 2003 | 5 |
24 June 2003 | 6 |
External links
[edit]- Velvet Soup at BFI
- Velvet Soup at Memorable TV
- Velvet Soup at IMDb
- Article on Herald Scotland