The Comedy Unit

The Comedy Unit

Type	Public
Industry	Television production
Founded	Glasgow
Headquarters	Glasgow, Scotland
Parent	Zodiak Entertainment
Website	www.comedyunit.co.uk

The Comedy Unit or known sometimes as just Comedy Unit is a Scottish company that produces sitcoms, comedy sketches, live shows and other comedy productions. It began life as an in-house BBC department in 1983 under the auspices of Producer Colin Gilbert and became an independent production company in 1996 when Gilbert and business manager April Chamberlain left the BBC.

It was bought by London-based RDF Media Group in 2006 which in turn was acquired by Paris-based Zodiak Entertainment Group in 2010. The creators of Still Game terminated their connections with the expanded group although the show itself continued as a co-production.

Productions

• A Kick Up the Eighties (1981)
• Laugh??? I Nearly Paid My Licence Fee (1985)
• City Lights (1984-1991)
• Naked Video (1986-1991)
• Rab C. Nesbitt (1988–1999, 2008-2014)
• Only an Excuse? (1993-)
• The Baldy Man (1995-1997)
• Atletico Partick (1996)
• Chewin' the Fat (1998–2002)
• Caledonian Macbrains (2001)
• Still Game (2002–2007)
• The Karen Dunbar Show (2003–2004)

• Offside (2004-2007)
• Legit (2006–2008)
• Having it All (2007)
• Fags, Mags and Bags (2007-2012)
• Empty (2008)
• Gary: Tank Commander (2009-2012)
• Limmy's Show (2009-2013)
• Frankie Boyle’s Tramadol Nights (2010)
• Mordrin McDonald: 21st Century Wizard (2010-2012)
• Burnistoun (2010-2012)
• Badults (2013-)
• Scot Squad (2014-)

External links

• The Comedy Unit