The Flying Pigs

**The Flying Pigs** is a muisical sketch comedy team based in Aiberdeen in the Nor-aest o Scotland that is kent fur thair BBC Scotland radio programme *Desperate Fishwives*.

## History
Aifter the success o the Aiberdeen Student Shaw durin the 1990s, seeveral memmers o the scrip team thocht anent makin ae new curn tae ser as ae forum fur sketch based comedy ideas that didna fit athin the Student Shaw. In 1996, the furst shaw o the curn, featurin Student Shaw alumni an staff, wis pit thegither an debuted at the Lemon Tree Theatre on 19 Febiwar 1996.&#x5B;

## Leid
The shaws is pit on uisin the Doric byleid, the byleid o the nor-aest o Scotland. Iss wis een o the main attrections fur the BBC.

## Influences
Een o the muckle influences on the curn wis Scotland the What?, anither comic curn that formit aifter meetin at the Varsity o Aiberdeen. John Hardie o the Flying Pigs is the son o William "Buff" Hardie o Scotland the What?. The Flying Pigs kythed at the "Freedom of the City of Aberdeen" reception fur Scotland the What?.

One of the major influences on the group is the group Scotland the What? &#x5B;**&#x5D; who, like The Flying Pigs, also formed after meeting each other at the University of Aberdeen. John Hardie of the Flying Pigs is the son of Scotland the What? star, William "Buff” Hardie. The group cemented their reputation in the City and connection to STW? by performing at the 'Freedom of the City of Aberdeen' reception for Scotland the What?

## Productions

* *Last Tango in Powis* (1998, Lemon Tree Studio Theatre)
* *Where Seagulls Dare* (1999, Lemon Tree Studio Theatre)
* *Stanley Cooslick's Clockwork Sporran* (2000, Lemon Tree Studio Theatre)
* *All Quiet on the Westburn Front* (2001, Lemon Tree Studio Theatre)
* *Prime Cuts - The Best of Flying Pig* (2001, Aiberdeen Airts Centre)
* *The Madness of Kingwells* (2002, Aiberdeen Airts Centre)
* *The Hunchback of Walker Dam* (2004, Lemon Tree Studio Theatre)
* *Best Back - The Best of Flying Pig* (2004, HMT at Hilton)
* *The Seagull has Landed* (2005, His Majesty's Theatre)
* *Desperate Fishwives- Stage Show* (2007, His Majesty's Theatre)
* *Desperate Fishwives- Radio Show* (2007, 2009, 2010, BBC Radio Scotland)
* *How to Look Good Glaikit* (2009, His Majesty's Theatre)
* *Desperate Fishwives* - TV Pilot (2010, BBC Scotland)
* *The Silence of the Bams* (2011, His Majesty's Theatre)
* *Finzean in the Rain* (2013,His Majesty's Theatre)
* *A Bit of Crackling* (2015, His Majesty's Theatre)
* *The Seagull has Landed* (2015, King's Theatre, Edinburra)
* *Dreich Encounter* (2016, His Majesty's Theatre)
* *Now That's What I call Methlick* (2018, His Majesty's Theatre)

## BBC Scotland
In 2007 BBC Radio Scotland approached the group, follaein thair His Majesty's Theatre stage shaw, *Desperate Fishwives*, for tae mak ae programme fur the radio. Later that yeir it wis braidcast. A secont series follaed in 2008, wi ae third series in December 2010 oothrou Christmas week wi a speicial Christmas Day episode. In 2009, it wis confirmt that the BBC wis interestit in creatin a TV pilot, an in Aprile 2010 BBC Scotland filmed the pilot in the North East uisin the "Desperate Fishwives" heidin. The pilot aired on BBC2 Scotland on 14 December 2010.

## References


## Freemit airtins

* Flying Pig Productions Official Website
* About Aberdeen: Flying Pigs
* Laughing stock of the North-East, in Leopard: The Magazine for North-East Scotland, February 2006, by Judy Mackie. (Profile of John Hardie)
* 20 years of The Flying Pigs