6.4 /10 1 Votes
Created by Philip Differ No. of series 2 Running time 30 minutes per episode Final episode date 24 December 1998 | 6.4/10 IMDb Country of origin United Kingdom No. of episodes 13 First episode date 13 April 1995 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Gregor FisherHelen LedererFord Kiernan Genres Comedy, Television comedy, Sitcom Similar Rab C Nesbitt, Chewin' the Fat, Burnistoun, The Karen Dunbar Show, Mr Bean | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Baldy Man is a television series starring Gregor Fisher, a Scottish comedian. It was broadcast in two series comprising thirteen episodes on ITV, screening in 1995 and 1997, was made by The Comedy Unit. The character's chief attributes were his comb over hairstyle as well as his bumbling nature and plump figure. The series was produced and directed by Colin Gilbert who worked with Fisher in Scotland's well known situation comedy Rab C. Nesbitt among many others. It was written by Philip Differ who was the script editor on Naked Video. The character first appeared in a series of sketches in the BBC Scotland show Naked Video (1986-1991)
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Guest stars
The series featured cameos by a number of well-known performers such as Helen Lederer, Joanna Kirkland, Lionel Blair, Ford Kiernan, Greg Hemphill, Iain Cuthbertson and John Grieve.
Episode list
Series One:
- New Look / Delegate - first broadcast: 13/04/1995
- Keep Fit / Ill - first broadcast: 27/04/1995
- D.I.Y. / Reunion - first broadcast: 16/08/1995
- Tearoom / Pets - first broadcast: 25/08/1995
- Bath / Referee - first broadcast: 30/08/1995
- Hair / Crime - untransmitted
Series Two:
- Mother's Day / Smell - first broadcast: 11/09/1997
- Goldrush / God - first broadcast: 15/10/1997
- Barbecue / China Doll - first broadcast: 22/10/1997
- Chauffeur of the Bride / Back Window - first broadcast: 26/10/1997
- Casualty / Baby Sitting - first broadcast: 25/11/1997
- Jigsaw / Murder - first broadcast: 17/12/1997
- Litter Avenger / Aliens - first broadcast: 24/12/1998
DVD and VHS releases
There have been no immediate plans so far to release the series onto DVD. The first two episodes were released on a video entitled Introducing...The Baldy Man on 9 October 1995. There were no further releases of the series, however, advertisements to promote a further 2 VHS releases for episodes 3-6 were featured on the tape.
Endorsements
The character was also the star of a television commercial for Hamlet cigars.