Atletico Partick

Atletico Partick is a Scottish sitcom that aired on thd BBC from 1995 to 1996. It was written by Ian Pattison and produced and directed by Colin Gilbert, who worked together on Rab C. Nesbitt.

Atletico Partick
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Ian Pattison
Starring	Gordon Kennedy Aline Mowat Tom McGovern Steven McNicoll Iain McColl
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	7
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	BBC One
Release	28 August 1995 (1995-08-28) – 29 August 1996 (1996-08-29)

Cast

• Gordon Kennedy as Jack Roan
• Aline Mowat as Karen Roan
• Tom McGovern as Ally
• Steven McNicoll as Lachie
• Iain McColl as Pettigrew
• Clive Russell as Bonner (series)
• Anne Marie Timoney as Marie (series)
• Ronnie Letham as Gazza (series)
• Jonathan Watson as Sean (series)
• Gavin Mitchell as Stick (series)

Plot

The main character was Jack Roan, who is more passionate about football than he is about his wife, Karen. She finds some solace with Ally, who is more interested in having sex than in playing football. Jack's best friend is Pettigrew, whose wife is into witchcraft. The football team they play for, Atletico Partick, is in a Sunday amateur league.

Episodes

Pilot (1995)

Title	Original release date
"Atletico Partick AFC"	28 August 1995 (1995-08-28)

Series 1 (1996)

No.	Title	Original release date
1	"Episode One"	25 July 1996 (1996-07-25)
2	"Episode Two"	1 August 1996 (1996-08-01)
3	"Episode Three"	8 August 1996 (1996-08-08)
4	"Episode Four"	15 August 1996 (1996-08-15)
5	"Episode Five"	22 August 1996 (1996-08-22)
6	"Episode Six"	29 August 1996 (1996-08-29)

References

• Mark Lewisohn, "Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy", BBC Worldwide Ltd, 2003
• Atletico Partick at British TV Comedy

External links

• Atletico Partick at IMDb