Dear Green Place is a Scottish comedy

Comedy

Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...

 programme set in a park in central Glasgow

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

. It first aired on 19 October 2007 on BBC One Scotland. The second series has just finished airing on the same channel.

Dear Green Place was created by comedy actor Paul Riley

Paul Riley

Paul Riley is a Scottish actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as Winston Ingram in the Scottish sitcom, Still Game. He previously worked on the sketch show Chewin' the Fat, the show that Still Game was a spin-off from...

, and features Ford Kiernan

Ford Kiernan

Ford John Kiernan is a Scottish actor and comedian. Along with his comedy partner, Greg Hemphill, he is best known in the United Kingdom for his appearances in Still Game and Chewin' The Fat.-Personal life:...

, both of whom featured in the sketch show Chewin' the Fat

Chewin' the Fat

Chewin' the Fat is a Scottish comedy sketch show, starring Ford Kiernan, Greg Hemphill and Karen Dunbar. Comedians Paul Riley and Mark Cox also appeared regularly on the show.Chewin' the Fat first started as a radio series on BBC Radio Scotland...

, and its successful sitcom spin-off Still Game

Still Game

Still Game is a Scottish sitcom, produced by The Comedy Unit with the BBC. It was created by Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill, who play the lead characters - two Glaswegian pensioners, named Jack Jarvis and Victor McDade respectively....

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It was announced in April 2009 that BBC Scotland would not be commissioning a third series of Dear Green Place due to poor viewing figures and also having commissioned a new series of Rab C. Nesbitt

Rab C. Nesbitt

Rab C. Nesbitt is a Scottish sitcom which began in 1988. Produced by BBC Scotland, it stars Gregor Fisher as an alcoholic Glaswegian who believed unemployment was the life for him...

 and Ford Kiernan's new sitcom Happy Hollidays

Happy Hollidays

Happy Hollidays is a British television situation comedy, created and written by Simon Carlyle and Gregor Sharp, and broadcast by BBC Scotland...

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Cast

• Archie Henderson - played by Ford Kiernan
  Ford Kiernan
  Ford John Kiernan is a Scottish actor and comedian. Along with his comedy partner, Greg Hemphill, he is best known in the United Kingdom for his appearances in Still Game and Chewin' The Fat.-Personal life:...
  
  
• Riordan - played by Paul Riley
  Paul Riley
  Paul Riley is a Scottish actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as Winston Ingram in the Scottish sitcom, Still Game. He previously worked on the sketch show Chewin' the Fat, the show that Still Game was a spin-off from...
  
  
• Peter McAllister - played by Paul Blair
• Woody - played by Johnny Austin
• Wallace - played by Martin Docherty
• Michelle - played by Jenny Ryan
  Jenny Ryan
  Jenny Ryan is a Scottish actress.She is probably best known for playing Tina Hunter in the popular BBC Scotland soap opera River City.Jenny is now playing the character of Michelle in the new Scottish comedy programme, Dear Green Place....
  
  
• Tina - played by Carmen Pieraccini
  Carmen Pieraccini
  Carmen Pieraccini is a Scottish actress, who has appeared in the BBC television shows River City and Dear Green Place.-Biography:...
  
  
• Toner - played by Michael MacKenzie
• Gavin - played by Gavin Jon Wright

Series 1

Episode 1
Rocksalt
Some of the dopier lads get a crash course in rock salt, while boss Henderson takes a horse for an eventful walk.

Episode 2
Sorry
McAllister accidentally reveals his secret relationship with Michelle and must find a way of making it up to her. Meanwhile, Henderson suffers an allergic reaction.

Episode 3
Pish
Woody and Wallace are set to fail a mandatory drugs test until Wallace's granny provides the solution. McAllister invents a bogus girlfriend to make Michelle jealous.

Episode 4
There's Been A Murder
Henderson and Toner are on the trail of a swan murderer. Riordan queues against his will for concert tickets.

Episode 5
Gimme Shelter
Riordan and Michelle find some Air Raid shelters in the park while Woody and Wallace are on Night shift at the museum.

Episode 6
Bandstand
An eco-warrior chains himself to a bandstand threatened with demolition.

Series 2

Episode 1
Beetlemania
A beetle infestation threatens the park, while pheromones mean that love is in the air.

Episode 2
Uppers and Downers
Woody and Wallace uncover a time capsule, and an insomniac Nazi tries to get some sleep.

Episode 3
Goats
Woody and Wallace have to look after cashmere goats and they attempt to sell the cashmere whilst Archie's wife Alice is locked out of the house and needs his help.

Episode 4
Waiting for Smeato
As Tina's cafe approaches its grand re-opening, everyone is wondering who the mystery guest is.

Episode 5
Industrial Daftness
The parkies imitate deafness in order to get a payout from the doctors and Archie has a conflict with the bowling club over a 20 mph zone sign which causes one of the members to get run over.

Episode 6
Puppy Love
Tina installs a new tanning booth in the cafe and Peter & Michelle are on the hunt for a new pet dog.

DVD release

• Series 1 DVD was released in December 2007.
• Series 2 DVD was released in December 2008.