Velvet Soup

Velvet Soup was a Scottish comedy sketch show, starring Gavin Mitchell, Steven McNicoll, Julia Duncanson and Mark McDonnell.

Velvet Soup
GenreSketch comedy
Written byNeil Harrison
Paul Marshall
Rab Christie
Noddy Davidson
Mark McDonnell
Steven McNicoll
Directed byEric Haynes Ngowan
StarringGavin Mitchell
Steven McNicoll
Julie Duncanson
Mark McDonnell
Theme music composerThe Gentleman's Wash
Country of originScotland
Original language(s)English
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes12
Production
Producer(s)Gary Chippington
BBC Scotland
CinematographyBrian Jobson
Running time30 minutes
(approx.)
Production company(s)BBC Scotland
Release
Original networkBBC Two
Picture format16:9 PAL SD
Audio formatStereo
Original release1 July 2001 
24 June 2003

Background

It started as a radio series for BBC Radio Scotland called Velvet Cabaret, named after a nightclub in Glasgow's Sauchiehall Street called The Velvet Rooms where the first series was recorded. After a couple of series, the show was commissioned as a pilot for BBC Scotland and BBC Two, before going to series.

The show first aired in 2001 and ended in 2003.

It has not received an official DVD release.

Episodes

Series 1: 2001

Date Episode number
1 July 2001 1
8 July 2001 2
15 July 2001 3
29 July 2001 4
5 August 2001 5
12 August 2001 6

Series 2: 2003

Date Episode number
20 May 2003 1
27 May 2003 2
3 June 2003 3
10 June 2003 4
17 June 2003 5
24 June 2003 6
gollark: I'm going to rework my website compiler a bit now.
gollark: Oh, and play games, because this includes games.
gollark: I don't know about decades, depends how fast you read/view/watch.
gollark: (as it says there, this doesn't mention music at all because bees)
gollark: https://osmarks.tk/otherstuff/ ← it's on my website.


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