Velvet Soup

*Velvet Soup*
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
Release
Original network	BBC Two
Picture format	16:9 PAL SD
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	1 July 2001 –; 24 June 2003

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

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

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