Velvet Soup

Scottish television series

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Velvet Soup

Genre| Sketch comedy
Written by| Neil Harrison
Paul Marshall
Rab Christie
Noddy Davidson
Mark McDonnell
Steven McNicoll
Directed by| Eric Haynes Ngowan
Starring| Gavin Mitchell
Steven McNicoll
Julie Duncanson
Mark McDonnell
Theme music composer| The Gentleman's Wash
Country of origin| Scotland
Original language| English
No. of seasons| 2
No. of episodes| 12
Production
Producers| Gary Chippington
BBC Scotland
Cinematography| Brian Jobson
Running time| 30 minutes
(approx.)
Production company| BBC Scotland
Original release
Network| BBC Two
Release| 1 July 2001 (2001-07-01) –
24 June 2003 (2003-06-24)

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

## Background

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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

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### Series 1: 2001

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Date  | Episode number

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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

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Date  | Episode number

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20 May 2003  | 1
27 May 2003  | 2
3 June 2003  | 3
10 June 2003  | 4
17 June 2003  | 5
24 June 2003  | 6

## External links

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* Velvet Soup at BFI
* Velvet Soup at Memorable TV
* Velvet Soup at IMDb
* Article on Herald Scotland

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