This was Gregor Fisher's second attempt at trying to shake off the shadow of 'Rab C. Nesbitt' . His first attempt was in 1999 with 'Brotherly Love', a sitcom which had him cast as an arrogant G. P. It sadly did not get past the first series due to unspectacular ratings. In 2002. After attempts to revive 'Rab C.' came to nothing, Gregor was given another leading role, as golf obsessed DCI Samuel Snoddy in this short lived BBC Scotland sitcom 'Snoddy'. Sadly, this fared no better than the earlier show, in fact if anything, it fared even worse, which is a shame as in all honesty it was the better show.
Snoddy is a highly regarded Detective Inspector whose respect from his colleauges Murdo ( Gavin Mitchell in pre 'Still Game' mode ) and Wilson ( James Young ) is probably strived through fear ( Snoddy is generally very hot-headed ). Despite his phenomenal standing, he is a vain, arrogant, corrupt man who is perhaps only in his job for the power. He seems to spend more time abroad in Spain putting on his private golf course rather than pounding the beat in Glasgow. He also bullies the forensic professor of the precinct Baxter ( Brian Pettifer, who played alongside Gregor in 'Rab C.' as Andra ). The only two he seems putty in the hands of his lawyer Lauren Bonnie ( the attractive Dawn Steele ) and eccentric Chief Inspector Chalmers ( Hugh Ross ).
Plots were somewhat contrived. One episode saw Snoddy and his colleauges attempt to redecorate their office, however the paint Snoddy supplied was so out of date the tins should have been on display in a museum. Another episode saw the force attempting to built a robotic model of Chief Inspector Chalmers, however the thing goes out of control and wreaks havoc over the town.
Much media hype was made about the show. I even recall seeing posters on the sides of bus shelters promoting the show, but it just disappeared without a trace. One can only speculate that it was due to the fact that the viewing public's affection for Rab was still far too strong and to have him to go from a lovable rogue to an unredeemably horrible character was too much. As a result of the show's failure, it was never screened outside of Scotland. Well, I may well be in a minority but I rather enjoyed the show. Gregor gave a spirited performance as the ghastly Snoddy, as did the rest of the cast, in particular Brian Pettifer as the befuddled Baxter. The author of the show, Johnny Crawford, was an English student with no credits either before or since.
The show had much potential but sadly it never ever realised what it could have been. It seems highly unlikely that it will ever come out on DVD but luckily for me I managed to preserve the episodes from their original broadcast before they disappeared forever.
Snoddy is a highly regarded Detective Inspector whose respect from his colleauges Murdo ( Gavin Mitchell in pre 'Still Game' mode ) and Wilson ( James Young ) is probably strived through fear ( Snoddy is generally very hot-headed ). Despite his phenomenal standing, he is a vain, arrogant, corrupt man who is perhaps only in his job for the power. He seems to spend more time abroad in Spain putting on his private golf course rather than pounding the beat in Glasgow. He also bullies the forensic professor of the precinct Baxter ( Brian Pettifer, who played alongside Gregor in 'Rab C.' as Andra ). The only two he seems putty in the hands of his lawyer Lauren Bonnie ( the attractive Dawn Steele ) and eccentric Chief Inspector Chalmers ( Hugh Ross ).
Plots were somewhat contrived. One episode saw Snoddy and his colleauges attempt to redecorate their office, however the paint Snoddy supplied was so out of date the tins should have been on display in a museum. Another episode saw the force attempting to built a robotic model of Chief Inspector Chalmers, however the thing goes out of control and wreaks havoc over the town.
Much media hype was made about the show. I even recall seeing posters on the sides of bus shelters promoting the show, but it just disappeared without a trace. One can only speculate that it was due to the fact that the viewing public's affection for Rab was still far too strong and to have him to go from a lovable rogue to an unredeemably horrible character was too much. As a result of the show's failure, it was never screened outside of Scotland. Well, I may well be in a minority but I rather enjoyed the show. Gregor gave a spirited performance as the ghastly Snoddy, as did the rest of the cast, in particular Brian Pettifer as the befuddled Baxter. The author of the show, Johnny Crawford, was an English student with no credits either before or since.
The show had much potential but sadly it never ever realised what it could have been. It seems highly unlikely that it will ever come out on DVD but luckily for me I managed to preserve the episodes from their original broadcast before they disappeared forever.
