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Gary: Tank Commander wants to meet Donald Trump

He's already grilled our own political leaders and now the tank commander wants an audience with even bigger names.

Daily Record, 8th May 2016

Gary: Tank Commander, turns political interviewer

Ahead of the Scottish Parliament elections on May 5, Greg McHugh's camp squaddie has questioned the party leaders in a pre-recorded special for BBC Two Scotland.

Chortle, 19th April 2016

We say a fond farewell and rather a sad goodbye to the students of Manchester Medlock University in the final episode of Fresh Meat. As a massive fan of all four series of the comedy drama I was hoping for a satisfying finale and thankfully I wasn't disappointed. The episode started with all of the gang, bar second year Josie (Kimberley Nixon), learning their final grades for their course. Most got what they were expecting with the exception of Vod (Zawe Ashton) who achieved a 2:1 and Oregon (Charlotte Ritchie) who got a 2:2 despite her feeling that she deserved a better grade. There was also good news for Howard (Greg McHugh) as he achieved his dream of a first and a job at Ordnance Survey however he briefly believed that all of his housemates would be coming with him. Luckily after working at Vod's graduation ball, which was moved to their house, Howard acquired the social skills he needed to live with other people. Elsewhere Josie finally realised that she had feelings for JP (Jack Whitehall) especially after he finally stood up to his brother and rejected an offer of the job at his bank. Instead JP hoped to live his dream of being an estate agent and if he was really being able to drive one of those minis. I do feel that everybody pretty much got what they deserved and the extra scene that was available online saw all of the boys living together whilst Vod and Oregon were in Laos researching the latter's novel. I did worry that writer Tony Roche would have a lot to get through but I think he gave each character an equal amount of time however I felt that this final episode deserved a little more than fifty minutes to wrap everything up. As is always the way with Fresh Meat, the comic moments were incorporated with elements of drama such as JP standing up to Tomothy and Oregon finally revealing her true self to her parents. My favourite revelation of this final episode had to be the fact that Howard actually lived two streets away from the share house and that his annoying parents kept trying to invite the rest of the gang round. Overall I feel that all six of the cast members have benefited from their time on Fresh Meat and most have already gone on to bigger and better things. So while I've enjoyed spending time with the gang over the past four and bit years I feel it's best that we never return to see what these characters are up to again as it would spoil for what has been in my opinion an almost perfect series.

Matt, The Custard TV, 2nd April 2016

Greg McHugh: Fresh Meat could return as film

"If they came to me and said 'we want to do a one-off special', I'd bite their hand off".

Huw Fullerton, Radio Times, 31st March 2016

Fresh Meat, Channel 4, TV review

The antics of this larger-than-life lot still appeals way beyond the student realm.

Sally Newall, The Independent, 23rd February 2016

Fresh Meat review

When I first watched Fresh Meat I had no idea what to expect from the show or that over four years on it would still be going strong. However somehow Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong's university-based comedy drama has gone from strength to strength and they've been given the rare opportunity to end the series in the way they want to.

The Custard TV, 22nd February 2016

Gary Tank Commander's Greg McHugh ready for big stage

'We flopped in front of 50 people now show has an army of fans'

Paul English, Daily Record, 12th August 2015

Ha Ha Hamilton unveil acts for 2015 comedy festival

Performances from Des Clarke, Robert Florence, Iain Connell, Greg McHugh, Sanjeev Kohli, Michael Redmond, Jane Godley and Tom Stade.

Robert Mitchell, Daily Record, 30th July 2015

Greg McHugh set to fly to LA to discuss remake

Greg McHugh will fly out to Los Angeles this month for meetings with top industry figures to discuss a remake of Gary: Tank Commander for an American network audience.

Paul English, Daily Record, 1st October 2014

Greg McHugh takes leading role in Peter Pan panto

Karen Dunbar and Des Clarke have been dropped for the 2014 production of Peter Pan at the King's Theatre. Instead TV favourite Greg McHugh will take the leading role. He will be joined by King's theatre stalwart and Still Game star Gavin Mitchell, who will take on the role of Captain Hook.

Glasgow Evening Times, 29th April 2014

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