The BEST episodes of Still Game

Every episode of Still Game ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Still Game!

Based around the lives of pensioner pals Jack Jarvis and Victor McDade in and around a fictional part of Glasgow called Craiglang, focusing on the ironies and comedy of old age with humour, tenderness and pathos, these OAPS prove they're still game for anything the world can throw at them.

Last Updated: 10/1/2024Network: BBC ScotlandStatus: Ended
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Buntin'
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8.39
149 votes

#1 - Buntin'

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/17/2003

Navid finds Pete 'the Jakey', Craiglang's answer to Barny Gumball, has been letting himself go, lately. It seems he's been going through the shopkeeper's rubbish for food. Is it, in fact, a giant rat, or is Pete plumbing every further depths of scabbydom? But soon he's seen in The Clansman clean-shaven and wearing a brand new suit. Has someone died, or is Pete suddenly involved in top-secret affairs of the state?

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Who's the Daddy
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8.37
112 votes

#2 - Who's the Daddy

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/26/2005

A story involving three men and a baby. The trouble is, the baby wants to knock down the Clansman Bar.

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Kill Wullie
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8.36
121 votes

#3 - Kill Wullie

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/22/2005

Jack and Victor aren't sure what to make of it when one of their pals takes up with a woman half his age.

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Swottin
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8.35
116 votes

#4 - Swottin

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/14/2004

Jack and Vic feel their lives have become routine to the point of redundancy. Does salvation lie in Glasgow University's course in Medicial Proficiency, or will the lure of a 75p pint be too much? Meanwhile, Boaby's losing customers and can't get his hole in a barrel of fannies. Can a quiz night and a lovely new barmaid be the answer to both problems?

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Dug
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8.31
113 votes

#5 - Dug

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/24/2003

Isa's unwelcome husband returns once more. Jack and Victor have a major falling-out: Victor's son John is as distant and uncaring as ever, while Jack has warm tears in his eyes when his daughter Mary in Canada sends him a video tape of her and the weans. Things are compounded when Jack is invited to fly out to Canada to visit. Will Victor end up on the plane, or have our boys finally had enough of one another? And Winston agrees to pose as Isa's fiancé in order to ward off her husband - but how far is he willing to go to maintain the illusion?

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Wireless
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8.28
126 votes

#6 - Wireless

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/29/2005

Jack and Victor take up residence in the hospital as DJs. Navid, however, is about to encounter a more pressing problem.

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Hatch
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8.27
115 votes

#7 - Hatch

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/19/2005

Jack and Victor are fed up of Isa's constant prying, but the plan they hatch causes shock waves across Craiglang.

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Doacters
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8.26
151 votes

#8 - Doacters

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/12/2003

Winston and Tam become love rivals over a gentle, lovely lady at the local library. But which one will win the fair lady's heart? Meanwhile, Jack and Victor are feeling depressed, and there's a new drug on trial at the health centre. They rehearse their scripts for when they get there to convince the doctor, but Jack's 'I'm depressed' face looks more like 'I'm constipated'.

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Ring
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8.25
119 votes

#9 - Ring

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/12/2005

Tam finally does the decent thing. He doesn't buy a pint; he decides to get married.

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Oot
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8.23
105 votes

#10 - Oot

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/4/2004

Archie (Sylvester McCoy), an old friend of J & V's, finally has to leave the place where he has been secluded for nearly half a century, never going outside. Now the council are knocking his place down, but are Jack and Victor the best guides to the new century? Winston is experimenting with turning his house into a cinema. Looks like the Towering Inferno's on at Osprey Heights...

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Dial a Bus
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8.22
111 votes

#11 - Dial a Bus

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/5/2005

Jack and Victor succumb to the lure of the Dial-A-Bus, but this one doesn't stop where they expected.

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Recipe
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8.22
111 votes

#12 - Recipe

Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/16/2007

Jack and Victor discover Pete the Jakey was the inventor of The famous Beefy bake and seek recompense on his behalf. Tam and Frances are having marital problems. Who can offer counsel, Navid?

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Aff
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8.21
100 votes

#13 - Aff

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/11/2004

For once Winston's complaint to the social office is genuine, and now has a foot that can stun even the most heartless of people into abject silence. Meanwhile, Jack devises a scheme to finally get the attention of his estranged son in Johannesburg. But things go wrong when he actually turns up to see his 'sick' father. Will things come to a climax, or will father and son remain more distant than ever?

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Faimly
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8.17
191 votes

#14 - Faimly

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/27/2002

Victor's son John calls from Jo'burg and is planning a visit. Is he, as Jack says, setting himself up for a fall? When John leaves an unclear message on the phone, they enlist the help of their mate with superhuman hearing, Shug, to help out. Meanwhile Winston's embroiled in a war over gigot chops; and is Glasgow city station the paradise Jack remembers?

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Heavy Petting
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8.17
150 votes

#15 - Heavy Petting

Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/4/2016

Canine capers are unleashed when Jack and Victor become dogsitters, Winston's jealousy sparks some serious pet one-upmanship, and the heat is on as Isa prepares for the Craiglang Community Bake Off.

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Big Yin
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8.16
106 votes

#16 - Big Yin

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/28/2004

The Neds (hooligans) begin a reign of terror in Craiglang. Jack and Victor contact an old friend to come to town and take matters in his giant-sized hands. If they can just keep him away from the Midori... Meanwhile, Winston's taking up a valued place at the local supermarket and suddenly finds that Craiglang has become a fair model for Sing Sing...

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Hard Nuts
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8.15
112 votes

#17 - Hard Nuts

Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/10/2006

The television crew which makes Blighty's Hardest Pubs drops by The Clansman and Bobby foolishly promises them all the action they can handle.

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Hyper
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8.14
152 votes

#18 - Hyper

Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/9/2007

Navid's business is suffering at the hands of the corporate giant Hyperdales and his regular customers loyalty is being put to the test. Meanwhile, Tam is going through some bizarre changes. The drinks are on him!

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A Fresh Lick
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8.12
127 votes

#19 - A Fresh Lick

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/26/2006

When Jack and Victor volunteer to redecorate Isa's living room the alterations go a lot further than planned. Meanwhile Boabby's video collection contain a guilty secret.

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Scran
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8.11
171 votes

#20 - Scran

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/3/2003

The workies on the new building site are generating a lot of money for Craiglang's local economy - all of it flowing into the dubious hands of Vince Gallagher the Clydeside poisoner! Winston has a plan to take things into his own hands. With a major boost of Navid's shop being free while he's away on holiday, a turf war begins. There can be only one winner.

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Tappin'
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8.10
172 votes

#21 - Tappin'

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/26/2003

Craiglang has never had it so good; everyone's suddenly come into money. There's rumours of a money-dealer newly arrived in Craiglang. Even Jack and Victor decide to get in on the action by buying stock market shares from Navid at the corner shop. Winston and Tam renew their feud with the local Neds, and decide the only way to solve things is to challenge them to a championship gold tournament: winner takes course!

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Brief
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8.09
145 votes

#22 - Brief

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/19/2003

Jack and Victor club together to out-bid Manky Franky to win themselves Danny's old motor. But their new freedom comes at a price, and will Tam, at long last, finally get his come-uppance?

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The Undrinkables
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8.09
176 votes

#23 - The Undrinkables

Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/14/2016

Jack and Victor discover bootleg hooch all over Craiglang. But where is it coming from?

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One In One Out
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8.08
108 votes

#24 - One In One Out

Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/23/2007

Tam and Frances enjoy fame and fortune with their new addition but it means baby sitting stints for Jack and Victor which is proving a bit of a strain.

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Cairds
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8.08
113 votes

#25 - Cairds

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/21/2004

Boaby bars Jack & Vic & Co. from the Clansman. Turning Osprey Heights into a mini Las Vegas, Tam wins Joe's motor-wheelchair. However, plans are afoot to win it back, while Winston's feud with the bookies reaches a hilarious climax...

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