The BEST episodes of Burnistoun season 1

Every episode of Burnistoun season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Burnistoun season 1!

Welcome to Sunny Burnistoun! Robert Florence and Iain Connell write and perform a sketch show set in a strangely familiar Scottish town. Burnistoun has its own newspaper, its own radio station and even its own ice-cream van. Drop in and find out how to get a tattoo altered, what makes a good front-page headline, and why football songs are not a sexy choice for singers in girl groups.

Last Updated: 4/25/2024Network: BBC TwoStatus: Ended
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Episode 1
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7.78
81 votes

#1 - Episode 1

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/1/2010

Episode one includes an impassioned battle with a voice-activated lift, the amazing career trajectory of a single-issue MP and an incredible chain of events set in motion by the tossing of a two-litre bottle of ginger. Elsewhere, all is not what it seems on the streets of Burnistoun. Is that noise really caused by divine intervention? Ronnie Stokes tries on the wrong pair of shoes and ends up in hospital. And can psychic Sammy Strange successfully predict everything that will happen during an interview on Radio Burnistoun?

Directors: Iain Davidson
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Episode 5
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7.33
9 votes

#2 - Episode 5

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/31/2010

Wannabe girl band member Kelly McGlade takes her story to the Burnistoun Herald but ends up hitting more than just headlines.

Directors: Iain Davidson
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Episode 2
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7.21
73 votes

#3 - Episode 2

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/8/2010

Sketches include: singing sensation Wee Frank, "What's THIS I See?" extreme theatre experience, the Burnistoun Butcher at The Burnistoun Herald, Scott and Peter's Chinese takeaway, "Town Street" the true-to-life soap opera.

Directors: Iain Davidson
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Episode 4
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7.19
37 votes

#4 - Episode 4

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/22/2010

Sketches include: nae rolls!, the trials of a man desperate to avoid a charity worker, Kelly and the Sloppy Seconds play a pub gig, prolific sperm donor, Walter takes over the ice-cream van, pints, The Burnistoun Herald's problematic new motto, Glasgow scout wars, Scott and Peter's big night in.

Directors: Iain Davidson
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Episode 3
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7.13
39 votes

#5 - Episode 3

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/15/2010

Sketches include: Scott and Peter meet and greet, Alex Ciderson Warehouse, sniper, Jolly Boy John, hard hitting Scottish drama "The Drugs", Biscuity Boyle's sex lessons, helpline/sexline?, emergency Burnistoun Council meeting, a man's terrible dilemma on a bus, Kelly McGlade photoshoot, World's best quotes.

Directors: Iain Davidson
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Episode 6
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7.00
6 votes

#6 - Episode 6

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/5/2010

High couture stylishly strolls into town when a world famous fashion designer, Larl Kagerfeld, holds a fashion parade in Burnistoun - making imaginative use of some unlikely local accessories.

Directors: Iain Davidson
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