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Burnistoun. Image shows from L to R: Iain Connell, Robert Florence. Image credit: The Comedy Unit.

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Monday 15th March
@ 22.00 on BBC2 Scot

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Burnistoun

Currently broadcasting. Next episode is on Monday 15th March.  Episode Details

Robert Florence and Iain Connell write and star in this BBC Scotland sketch show based around the residents of a fictional town

Genre:
Sketch Show
Broadcast:
2009 - 2010  (BBC Two Scotland)
Episodes:
7 (pilot + 1 series)
Starring:
Robert Florence, Iain Connell, Allan Miller, Richard Rankin, Kirsty Strain, Louise Stewart
Writers:
Robert Florence, Iain Connell
Production:
The Comedy Unit

Robert Florence and Iain Connell write and perform this sketch show set in a fictional Scottish location that somehow seems eerily familiar. Burnistoun has its own newspaper, furniture store, gym, pub and all-you-can-eat buffet restaurant, radio station and even an ice-cream van.

Characters include Uncle Willie the man who insists on having his own funeral before he dies, wannabe girl-band singer Jackie McGlade who can make any tune sexy except football songs, and John and Terry two pub pals who insist they do not fantasize about each other sexually.

Other Burnistoun characters include disgruntled serial killer The Burnistoun Butcher, and snippy siblings, Paul and Walter, who share high drama inside their ice cream van.

Our Review: A very well written sketch show which features some excellent original ideas and characters. A couple of sketches do fall flat and drag on a bit, but overall this is a tightly written and very funny show with far more hits than misses. It certainly deserves to move onto UK-wide exposure.