''Snoddy'' was a six-part Scottish television

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, written and created by Johnny Crawford, that first broadcast on BBC One Scotland on 13 March 2002. The series, which aired at 10:35pm on Wednesdays, starred Gregor Fisher of ''

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'' fame as DCI Samuel J. Snoddy, the head of Scotland's Elite Crime Squad, who is obsessed with spending more time playing golf abroad rather than fighting crimes. Only a single series of six episodes was broadcast, and the series was never shown outside of

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. The series was regarded as unsuccessful and was axed by BBC bosses following poor ratings. The series was heavily promoted in and around the

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area, with a number of billboard posters portraying the tagline "it's a Hotel Oscar Oscar Tango of a show” being put up around the city. Notably, the series has never been made available on DVD.

Production

''Snoddy'' was Johnny Crawford's first television writing credit, eventually being produced by The Comedy Unit for BBC One Scotland after first being offered to

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in 1998. Producer Colin Gilbert described ''Snoddy'' as Crawford's "rich, refreshing, and tangential left-field vision". Scripts for the series were subject to redrafting, with Gilbert commenting, "It's been a challenge for us to control everything into half-hour episodes that make narrative sense and are still funny. John's certainly had to work at making ''Snoddy'' just that bit easier for folk to follow, re-writing and re-writing, but he's become a much better writer as he's gone along."

Cast

* Gregor Fisher as DCI Samuel J. Snoddy *

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as Laura Bonney * Hugh Ross as Chief Inspector Chalmers * Gavin Mitchell as DC Jackie Murdoch * James Young as DC Wilson *

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as Professor Baxter * Tom Urie as Captain Ortego * Alan McCafferty as PC MacCubbin * Billy Riddoch as PC Greig

Episodes

References

External links

* *{{British Comedy Guide, tv, snoddy, Snoddy Scottish television sitcoms 2002 Scottish television series debuts 2002 Scottish television series endings 2000s Scottish television series BBC Scotland television shows BBC television sitcoms English-language television shows Television shows set in Scotland