But I am sure these storylines will come - they have to come.”While the shocking death plays out more comically than tragically, he explained: “We sat down with a cast member one day who had asked would there be any chance of having an episode that could revolve around them exiting. See today's front and back pages, download the newspaper,order back issues and use the historic Daily Expressnewspaper archive.He also reveals that Morton was a natural choice to play the louche undertaker Iain Duncan Sheathing.“Bruce Morton was always going to happen but we could just never place him in the show as all these years have gone by,” Kiernan said.It’s been nearly two decades since Kiernan first played the role of Jack Jarvis, but it still fits him like a comedy glove. At 55, he is beginning to understand that you can’t really prepare emotionally for old age.“Greg and I are both firm pals with Brucie. Career. "A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: "Around 11.30pm on Monday January 6, police received a report of the death of a 12-year-old boy in Glasgow. We don’t want you to go. ""He has got a complete broad sense of what is happening to him and he is using it as he always does when using his life in his material.In Still Game, he tries to make it a joy, but the temptation is always there to spike the laughs with stronger stuff.“We didn’t go at it with an axe,” he added. Ford Kiernan “We didn’t go at it with an axe,” he added. STILL dame star cord hiernan’s son did not die in suspicious circumstances, a post-mortem examination has shown. This guy is making the best job of that. Sometimes this life is impossible to understand. But there’s the other stuff we have spoken about from time to time, Greg and I. "Tributes flooded in on social networking sites, as news of the tragedy spread yesterday.The comics will bring back characters Jack Jarvis and Victor McDade at The SSE Hydro in Glasgow this autumn.Sonny, a Kelvinside Academy pupil, lived at the townhouse flat with his 51-year-old comedian father, his mother Lesley, 44, and 14-year-old sister, Kaye.But there are not thought to be any suspicious circumstances.The show ran between 2002 and 2007 as well as a Hogmanay special in January 2008.Sonny's teachers at £10,000-a-year Kelvinside Academy also paid tribute to the youngsters. Kiernan also starred as Archie Henderson in Dear Green Place (2007-2008). He does that cold 100 yard stare thing.
We didn’t have to move him, direct him, nothing. "Our thoughts, prayers and deepest sympathies go to Mr and Mrs Kiernan and Kaye for their tragic loss," he added. He is best known for his work with Greg Hemphill on the BBC Scotland comedy series Chewin' The Fat (1999-2005) and Still Game (2002-2007, 2016-2019). "My thoughts are with Ford and his family. "Sonny Kiernan was found dead in bed at the property in Glasgow's west end on Monday night.A BBC Scotland spokesman said: "This is a terrible tragedy and our thoughts are with Ford and his family at this very sad time.
He has got that grim reaper look, long coat, hat and long hair. If you were going to take a leaf from anybody’s bible on the particular Parkinson’s problem that Billy Connolly has got, then that would be the tactic you would take because he is very good at it.Viewers are eagerly awaiting the hit sitcom's return to BBC1 this week, although the knockout punch will be delivered in the second episode with the death of one of the close knit gang of pensioners.Kiernan said the scene was the most difficult he and comedy partner Greg Hemphill have ever had to write, although he added: "It's not what you might think.
They said, ‘would that be a possibility?’”We sat down with a cast member one day who had asked would there be any chance of having an episode that could revolve around them exitingCraiglang's elderly residents have long faced intolerance, indifference and hardship and there is a sense of life as it is lived, not manufactured by a committee of middle class writers.“It would have to be done in such a sympathetic manner sometimes it is just too heavy.
Tragedy: Comedian Ford Kiernan with his wife Lesley [Carol McCabe/Centrepress] Sonny Kiernan was found dead in bed at the property in Glasgow's west end on Monday night.
We do pathos and comedy together. We don’t want you to go.