Other characters[edit]

Fiona (2003–2004, 2007) - Played by Marj Hogarth; appears in "Dug", "Hoaliday" and "One in One Out". She is Jack and Jean's daughter. Fiona was born and raised in Craiglang but now lives in Canada with her husband Tony and two sons Jack Jr. and Stephen. She is close to her father, regularly phoning him, unlike Victor's son John. Jack and Victor both visit her at the end of Series 2, when Jack gives her the wedding ring that belonged to her mother.^[5] Fiona flies to visit Jack in hospital after he has a heart attack in "One in One Out".^[6] In the 2014 live show, it is revealed that Fiona was once in a relationship with Boabby.


Harry Drennan (2002–2003, 2006) - Played by Ronnie Letham; appears in "Scones", "Dug" and "Hogmanay Special: The Party". He is Isa's ex-husband who stole from her and disappeared. He returned six years later and Isa let him back into her life but he stole from her again and left.^[7] Harry returned for a second time in "Dug" but Isa rejected him and pretended to be in a relationship with Winston.^[5] Harry leaves Craiglang for good and in "Hot Seat", Isa finds out that Harry has died but feels no emotion.^[8]


Frank "Manky Frankie" Riley (2002–2003) - Played by Stevie Allen; Frankie, or as he is known to the local community, Manky Frankie, lives in Osprey Heights. His flat is festooned with various items that would be regarded as junk by anyone else. He has a penchant for dismantling cars and leaving the parts lying about, especially in the communal landing.


Charlie McAlpine (2002–2007) – Peggy's long-suffering husband, often on the receiving end of his wife's short temper. Peggy often suspects that he is cheating on her, referring to him as a "whore-maister". Charlie was portrayed by William Cassidy.


Jackie (2002, 2006) - Played by Alex Robertson, plays the housing officer in two episodes, "Flittin" and "All the Best". Jack and Victor visit him in "Flittin". He pulls some strings so Jack could move in to the flat next door to Victor. He also is responsible for Winston moving to Finport on the episode "All the Best", when he realises that Winston is on invalidity benefits, he suggests a new housing initiative in Finport which turns out to be sheltered housing.


Wullie MacIntosh (2002, 2004) – Wullie MacIntosh was a pensioner who gained a reputation for borrowing things from the Craiglang residents – and never returning them. In episode "Waddin", he was wrongly thought to have died in hospital (it was a younger man with the same name) and everything he had borrowed was claimed back by their rightful owners. In the episode "Swottin'", he auditioned for the role of quizmaster, but was not chosen. Shortly after that episode was broadcast, Johnny Irving, the actor who portrayed Wullie, died, so the character was never seen again.


Fergie (2002–2016) Played by Jamie Quinn – Fergie is a young boy who looks to be in his late-teens. He tried to cheat Craiglang pensioners out of their money by raising funds for the non-existent Craiglang Football Club. He was supposed to be marrying Sinead from the cafe but on his stag night, Jack and Victor tied him to a fence naked and he ended up missing his own wedding. In the episode "Cauld," his first name was revealed to be Derek, and it's suggested John Boyle is his grandfather on his mother's side. In "Small Change", he and Sinead celebrated their one-year wedding anniversary.


Sinead (2003, 2005–2006, 2016, 2019) The waitress at the local cafe, Sinead doesn't put much enthusiasm into her job. She was supposed to be marrying Fergie. She made a reappearance in "Small Change" and then again in "Dead Leg: Part Two".


Margo (2004) The Clansman The attractive quizmaster whom Bobby takes a liking to. He asks her out on a date, but ends up getting beaten up by her for playfully slapping her on the buttocks, which Winston teases him about afterwards.


Big Arthur (2003–2007) Another Clansman regular, often seen helping out Jack, Victor, Winston or Tam. Jack has commented he has "plenty of padding" and he doesn't seem to know the rules of Blackjack.


Mick (2005–2006) Mick appears to be a tough bloke from the rough yet clean Eagle Heights flats, and is also a friend of Tam. He was first seen during the time Jack and Victor were rumoured to be gay and later made an appearance as one of the cast for "Blightly's Hardest Boozers".


Neddy Mum (2005-2007) The bane of Navid, always coming in to complain of the state of his confectionery and asking for refunds for "Hot Mini Eggs" and chocolate that gave "Ma Wee Justin" diarrhoea. Navid in return refuses to do so and insults her and her son, and makes numerous insulting insinuations about her being a drug addict, primarily with the phrase "Git oot, you junkie bastard!". The character was portrayed by Nicole Toal (2005-2006) and then Cheryl McCall (2007)


Charlie (2006–2007) A very large man, seemingly obese, enough even to make the Osprey Heights lift break. He was seen again in "Hot Seat" when he sat between Jack and Victor at a park bench.


Joe (2002) Played by Gordon McCorkell - Winston's teenage grandson. Winston managed Joe for boxing, but was unsuccessful. Winston wanted his friends to offer Joe as much support as possible. Everyone in Craiglang thought that Joe was a rubbish boxer, much to Winston's annoyance.


Father Graham (2002) Played by Finlay McLean - The local Vicar for Craiglang who appears in 2 episodes "Flittin" and "Cauld".


Wullie Napier (2002) A resident of Osprey Heights and old friend of Jack, Victor and Pete the jakey who dies as a result from the cold weather in episode "Cauld". He is found frozen on his sofa by Jack and Victor when they come and visit.


Barbara (2002) Played by Eileen McCallum - A lady who volunteers in the local charity shop and Edith's sister. She is attractive and has big breasts. Jack fancied her but was reluctant to ask her out because he feared it would betray the memory of his late wife Jean. Victor encouraged him by saying that Jean would want Jack to be happy. Jack and Barbara started a relationship during which Victor was left on his own. Eventually Isa told Victor that Barbara was married and Victor confronted Barbara telling her that she should not be with Jack. This brought their relationship to an end and Jack and Victor became close friends again.


Ronnie Wilson (2003) Played by John Sheddon - An elderly man, formerly a quiz show contestant on Mastermind, who took a 'goofy turn' in George Square; he stripped down to his underpants and began bawling and shouting. He was subsequently arrested. His absentee son, Norman, put him in a sanatorium. Jack and Victor visited him at the institution and he seemed fine to them. Ronnie explained that he had a dream that he was ten years old and that he was on a beach. Jack and Victor believed this was reasonable and signed their friend out of the sanatorium by pretending to be his brothers.


Mrs Begg (2003) Played by Celia Imrie. A 'home help' assistant. She is attractive and is employed to help out pensioners in the Craiglang area who have mobility issues. In particular, Mrs Begg was Winston's home help; however, she was highly suspicious of Winston's sore leg. After finding out about his deception, she banned him from using her services. However, she is forced to resume being Winston's home help after he, Jack and Victor discovered that she was having an affair with the reclusive widow, Bert Findlay.


Albert "Bert" Findlay (2003) Played by Brian Pettifer. A friend of Jack and Victor's. He is depressed because his wife, Annie, has died. Jack and Victor being widows themselves try to help their friend and prevent him from committing suicide, as they spot several signs in his pattern of behaviour of an impending suicide. He ends up having an affair with Mrs Begg.


Stewart Anderson (2003) Played by Alec Heggie - A Craiglang resident. Stewart is said by Jack and Victor to have been severely depressed. That was before Stewart starting taking an American drug for depression. Now he has the energy of a teenager and is the complete opposite of his former self. Stewart recommends the drugs to Jack and Victor.


Martin (2003) - Played by Tom Urie - Plays a local Craiglang resident in episode "Brief". He argues with his mother as she never bought any Snowballs for him. He yells: "Ya stupid old cow!" which results in an impatient Jack and Victor outside a bus stop to mock him.


Vince Gallagher (2003) Played by David Hayman - The local mobile snack bar owner, Vince used to run the canteen at Yarrows where Winston worked, but he was very unhygienic. He made a stew, which caused Winston and hundreds of other men to have food poisoning. Vince was sacked but, years later, Winston confronted him and saw that he was running a mobile snack bar. Vince claimed that he had changed his ways but Winston does not trust him. Vince proves that he is immaculate and the builders are satisfied with his food. At the same time, Navid is away in India for his brother's funeral and Jack and Victor are running the shop in his absence. Winston takes advantage of this and along with Jack and Victor, turns Navid's shop into a snack bar; taking the custom away from Vince. Vince took his revenge by sabotaging the soup, causing the customers of Navid's shop to have diarrhoea. Winston then planted cockroaches inside Vince's van, making Vince's food appear to be contaminated. With his business and his reputation shattered, Vince broke down and drove his van through Navid's shop when the latter returned from India. Vince got out of the van and is still at large.


Billy Ferguson (2004) Although never actually seen, Billy has been mentioned more than once. It's said that Billy took a massive heart attack in his house, he was lying dead for several days, until he is eaten by his dog, crotch first, "there was nothing left of Billy when they found him." He was mentioned again in "Heavy Petting".


Big Innes (2004) Played by Clive Russell. A large man who is friendly with the Craiglang locals. He is so big, he drinks four pints at a time and eats cornflakes from a soup pot. When he lived in Craiglang, he did not stand for any nonsense from neds and would sort them out. However, he moved away up north to Elgin. Recently, the neds in Craiglang have become worse than ever. Jack decided to phone Innes up in Elgin and ask him if he could come down and sort out the neds. Innes' wife agrees to let Innes go down, but makes Jack promise not to give him any Midori. Innes likes to drink Midori, but it has a strange effect on him. Jack lets Innes stay at his house and Innes sets to work. After two days of Innes' arrival, the Neds never bother anyone again (though not for a while). Unfortunately, Isa unwittingly gives Innes a bottle of Midori causing him to cause havoc in the Clansman.


Kevin (2004) Played by Jordan Young. A young supermarket worker. Kevin is 24 and is extremely ageist. He is cocky and is a bully at heart. One night he accidentally switched off a fridge, ruining a pile of dairy products. Kevin got in a state and feared he'd be sacked. Andy, an elderly worker, felt sorry for Kevin and took the blame for him. Kevin left Andy alone ever since. Recently, Winston had to take a job at FoodFare due to his excessive spending. Kevin hassles Winston from their first meeting. Andy offers Winston advice on how to beat Kevin, but Winston ignores Andy. Eventually, Jack and Victor came into FoodFare. It was an emergency attempt to take all the bottles of Midori away before Big Innes came. They succeeded but Kevin, seeing the three old men, insults Winston. By this time, Winston has had enough. He punches Kevin and quits his job. Andy witnesses this and is glad that Winston defeated Kevin.


Archie (2004) Played by Sylvester McCoy. A reclusive man. Despite being a friend of Jack and Victor, he hasn't set foot outside his house since the mid-1960s. His reason for this is that he was evacuated during the war to a farm and was comfortable with a peaceful life. When he returned to Craiglang, it was like New York to him. In 1966, he put his boot through his TV after England's victory over West Germany in the FIFA World Cup. Because of his reclusive lifestyle, social services would visit him, making sure he was alright for food, clothes and money. In 2004, his house was to be demolished so he left his home for the first time in decades. Jack, Victor and the Craiglang locals welcomed him out and encouraged him not to shut himself in again, without success, although, they did get him addicted to McDonald's and arranged for him to be rehoused in Osprey Heights. It turned out, he had hoarded £38,000 of social money under his bed in all the years he'd spent cooped up, and had bought himself a new plasma TV with the money for his new home.


John McDade (2004) Victor and Betty's son. John only appeared once in the series, though was regularly referred to. John lives in South Africa with his family. He doesn't keep in contact with his father much. This upsets Victor, because he misses his son deeply. Victor is so annoyed with John, he sometimes refers to him as an "uncaring bastard". To try to get more attention from his son, Victor pretended to be ill. This news worried John so much that he flew over from South Africa to Craiglang to be at his father's side. John later discovered that Victor was only pretending to be ill and he was annoyed. Victor apologised, but pointed out to John that it was due to lack of contact. John understood he was on the wrong as well and they made up in the end.


Rena (2005) The lady who works in the cafe. Rena is a widow and she is having an affair with Wullie Reid, a man almost twice her age. Wullie is a friend of Jack and Victor's. They believe it's good for Wullie that he's found love, but Isa believes that Rena is trying to kill Wullie in order to keep his house. For example, Rena has Wullie working hard for her and Isa thinks Wullie will end up dying from being overworked. Nobody believes Isa until Rena comes into Navid's and buys a bottle of white spirits, a box of matches and a packet of Jammie Dodgers. Even Navid believed that Rena was going to set a trap for Wullie and felt that Isa was not as crazy as he had thought. That night, there was a storm. Wullie is on the roof of his house fixing the TV aerial when he slips and crashes through the greenhouse. Isa looks out her window and sees the police and an ambulance outside his house. She knocks on Jack and Victor's and asks them to come with her. However, it is revealed that Wullie has survived the fall, but Rena has died. Rena had heard the noise and came running down the stairs, but tripped and broke her neck.


Wullie Reid (2005) A Craiglang pensioner. Wullie is friendly with Jack and Victor but is having a relationship with Rena, a woman half his age. He believes he is really in love, but Isa suspects that Rena means to kill Wullie. Jack and Victor think it's funny that Wullie is "shagging" Rena. One stormy night, Wullie is on the room fixing the TV aerial for Rena when he slips and falls off the roof. He ended up crashing through the greenhouse. Miraculously he survived, but Rena heard the noise, and fell down the stairs breaking her neck. Wullie is devastated at her death, but takes a fancy to the female paramedic called to the scene.


Davie (2005) Played by Robbie Coltrane. A bus driver working for Dial-a-Bus. Although Davie appears to be friendly and helpful, he suffers from manic depression. This is due to his mother not being well. His mother's illness means that she only eats doughnuts from Greggs and causes her to be cranky with her son. Despite this, Davie is determined to work hard and doesn't charge the pensioners for the fares. Jack and Victor get used to this complimentary service. One day, he returns to work very quickly after being off with his depression. Because Isa had doughnuts from Greggs, the sight of this causes Davie to have a mental breakdown and he terrorises the passengers. He stops when he nearly ran over Boabby who was cycling at the time. The passengers attempted to shut him out the bus but let him in when he promises to take them to a pub. He explains his sad story and Jack, Victor, Isa and Boabby forgive him.


Thomas (2005) Winston's younger grandson. Thomas is a troublemaker, who causes grief for his parents. His mother, Margaret, warned him that if he didn't behave, he wouldn't be coming on holiday with them. This ended up being the case, and Thomas had to stay with Winston; while his parents went away without him. Winston was furious and was determined to straighten out Thomas. However, Thomas smuggled in a girl, a cannabis plant that Winston thought was a tomato plant, and invited his friends along. His friends made cookies containing cannabis, making Winston believe they killed his tomato plant. They even ate Winston's pies that were meant to be for his dinner. Winston was very annoyed and was going to grass on Thomas until he ate the cookies. Winston got stoned and Thomas was off the hook.


Chris Howden (2005) A property developer. Chris had made plans to demolish the Clansman. This news upset Boabby and the regulars. Even Navid was concerned because, if the only pub in town was to close, his shop would be next. Jack, Victor and Winston made a protest, but it was unsuccessful. Chris offered to buy them a drink, which they accepted. Chris explained that he wanted to demolish the Clansman in order to recreate the houses that used to stand there. This is because his late mother was brought up in one of these houses. He later reveals that his mother's name was Jenny Turnbull, a woman who Jack, Victor and Winston all had sexual relationships with in the past. This meant that one of them could be Chris' father. They are worried that their families would be disgusted, but Boabby believes that this could save the pub; since no one would demolish their father's favourite pub. None of the men is successful in finding out but it is Isa who susses it out when she sees an old photo of Winston's that she took. Isa worked out that Pete the Jakey was missing from the photo and he must have had sex with Jenny. Furthermore, Pete has a letter from Jenny proving he is the biological father of Chris. Chris decides to keep the pub, but renames it 'Jennys' in honour of his mother.


Molly Drummond (2006) Played by Dorothy Paul. The sister of Frances (Tam's wife) and Tam's sister in-law. Molly lives in Finport, on the coast and came to Craiglang to visit her sister. Molly didn't manage to make it to Tam and Frances’ wedding. In the past, Molly was a famous singer and was recognised by Jack. Tam claims that Frank Sinatra bought her a drink when she performed in New York, although this is probably a lie in order to get a free round from Boabby. Tam discovered that Molly was just as tight fisted as he is. Tam thought this was a turn on saying as Frances disapproves of his stinginess. Because Frances is busy at the library, Tam has to show Molly around Craiglang. Eventually, Tam decides to lay his feeling for Molly to rest since he is already married and rejects her: Molly is upset and grabs Tam's balls.


Cameron "Cammy" Hastie (2016) Played by Kevin Whately. A home dentist who is a friend of Jack and Victor. He used to be a professional dentist before he got struck off for removing four teeth from a woman who, unbeknownst to Cammy, appeared in toothpaste adverts. When preparing Methadone Mick for a job interview, Jack and Victor notice that his teeth are rotten and take him to Cammy to tend to them. Cammy gives Mick a pair of white false teeth to replace the rotten ones. Appears in "Job".


Walter Ingram (2016) Played by Gary Miller. Winston's brother, Walter is basically a funnier, friendlier, and overall better version of Winston. Walter lost his arm like Winston lost his leg, making Walter and Winston polar opposites. Walter eventually revealed that he only came to Craiglang to receive the money his Aunt Lily left for Winston.


Mrs Fletcher (2016) Played by Ronni Ancona. The owner of a residential care home that Jack, Victor and Isa temporary stay at whilst waiting for new homes, as Osprey Heights is set to be demolished. She starts off as friendly, but reveals her true nature as being stern and controlling when she confiscates the home's remote control from Jack and Victor after they "forced" the other residents to watch the programme they were watching. She also places a 9 pm curfew for the residents not to leave the home due to the residents escaping after Jack and Victor leave the doors open to go to the Clansman. Jack and Victor contact Boabby and inform him that they won't be able to come to the party at the Clansman due to the curfew. This results in Boabby, Winston, Tam, Navid and the other party guests going to the home to have the party there. The following morning, Mrs. Fletcher sees Jack, Victor, Isa and the guests escaping and discovers Navid asleep in one of the chairs. After Navid wakes up, Mrs. Fletcher tells him that the doors are locked and she has called the police. Luckily, Navid is able to escape by throwing a water cooler through the home's glass doors.


Iain Duncan "I.D." Sheathing (2018–2019) played by Bruce Morton. The new undertaker in Craiglang after the previous one, Mr McLeary, died. Isa starts telling stories that Sheathing is the Grim Reaper and that anyone he touches dies within a week. This is re-enforced by his ominous appearance: he is a tall, gaunt man who always wears a full-length black leather coat and fedora. At first, people dismiss the stories as nonsense but suspicion grows when Eric drops dead shortly after Sheathing pats him on the arm. He follows Isa home and talks to her, Jack and Victor. He explains that Eric was 85 and had a heart condition, and goes on to explain that the only reason he was following them was so he could learn more about Eric's life in order to deliver a fitting eulogy at his funeral. The name I.D. Sheathing is an anagram of Death is Nigh.


Callum Coburn (2018) played by Craig Ferguson. An old friend of Isa, who left Craiglang to become a stuntman in Hollywood. Callum returns to Craiglang 49 years later and hopes to reconnect with Isa and his old life after deciding to retire from his job. During filming for Lassie, he had his penis bitten off by a dog. He appeared to be a handsome man with short hair and white teeth, but when Isa agrees to start a relationship with him, she is shocked to see that he is actually overweight and toothless, with long balding hair. Upset about Isa not loving his true self, Callum (whilst giving Boabby a driving lesson) attempts to commit suicide by driving the car into a canal. Jack and Victor attempt to save them, but get into trouble. Fortunately Methadone Mick is able to save the four men by throwing them life buoys. Afterwards, Callum leaves Craiglang, but not before apologising to Isa for not being what he seemed and promises to keep in touch. He appears in "The Fall Guy".