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Elaine C Smith has told how Robbie Coltrane ’s comedy genius laid the groundwork for Rab C Nesbitt.

Veteran Scots actress Elaine C Smith said young women entering creative roles deserve more support as she recalled some were labelled “mad feminists” for raising concerns about sexism in the 1980s.

Scots comedy star Karen Dunbar has revealed she earned more money from hosting karaoke nights than starring in the first series of Chewin' the Fat.

telly slob Rab C Nesbitt - have made a comeback after unravelling years ago.Fashion designers plastered their catwalks with the look for this summer with experts labelling the clobber “super stylish”.Retailers said they had also seen sales soaring as Britain grapples with record-breaking temperatures.READ MORE: Groom feared he'd 'die from heart attack' after being spiked by guest at weddingDesigner “mesh” vests are being sold by celebrity loved Rick Owens for a staggering £350.

Grange Hill is being made into a movie seventeen years on - and fans who watched the last episode when it was aired in 2008 are getting nostalgic as we remember some of the Scots stars who took part.

soap watched in horror as Iain’s character Stevie O’Hara took an overdose and ended up in intensive care. And in tomorrow night’s It’s A Wonderful Life - style episode critically ill Stevie finds himself in limbo where he is visited by the ghost of Gabriel Brodie who tries to convince him to fight back from the brink.Iain, 39, who sobbed out loud when he saw the finished sequence, admitted filming the gruelling scenes left him feeling mentally and physically exhausted.

Billy Connolly and Rab C Nesbitt is shooting to global fame on RuPaul's Drag Race.Rosé is a competitor on the acclaimed TV show, famously dubbed 'The Olympics of Drag'.But behind the make-up and costumes is 'a wee guy from Greenock' who 'loves vodka Irn-Bru' and 'proper sweeties'.Greenock-born Ross McCorkell moved to The States with his family when he was 10-years-old.This month, millions watched him as drag act, Rosé, sporting a bagpipe-themed costume and singing in a Scottish accent, before revealing he hailed from the Inverclyde town.The moment, aired on Netflix, sparked hysteria among RuPaul fans, elated to see Scotland on the world drag stage.For Ross, 31, being true to his roots is 'really important'.He told the Record: "I would never

Join thousands of others who have signed up to the weekly Scotland Now newsletter for the latest Scottish heritage and culture news.With Take the High Road currently being shown on the STV player, it got us thinking about other Scottish TV classics.Everyone remembers top TV series like Chewing the Fat, Rab C Nesbitt and Hamish MacBeth but what about the others?Here are some of the best Scottish shows of the past you might have forgotten about.Featuring a cast of some of Scotland's best known TV faces, Glasgow-based City Lights ran from 1984 to 1991, with the always hilarious Gerard Kelly in the starring role (also his first).Playing a hapless bank with dreams of making it big as a writer, Gerard had to face the trials of an eccentric cast

Veteran theatre star and River City actor Johnny Beattie has passed away at the age of 93.Johnny, who has played Shieldinch’s loveable pensioner Malcolm Henderson since the BBC soap was launched in 2002, left the programme in 2015 after a bout of ill health.The much-loved star is said to have passed away peacefully after a short spell at St Margaret’s Hospice.The former Govan shipyard worker first got into showbiz after joining an amateur dramatic show in 1951.He went on to become a stand-up comic, panto dame and TV quiz show host on STV’s Now You See It in the 1980s as well as starring opposite Liam Neeson in the 1990 flick The Big Man.He also appeared on cult shows including Scotch & Wry and Rab C Nesbitt.His many performances over six

Scotland's iconic lager favoured by hardcore boozers, teenagers and park bench drinkers. But surprisingly, Tennent's Super - dubbed the purple tin - is considered a trendy, sophisticated beer in Italy and has achieved a somewhat cult following among their youth.