Series synopsis
High Times is a British comedy drama television series that premiered on STV on September 30, 2004. It ended on August 28, 2008. It stars Stephen McCole, Jon Morrison, Alison Peebles and Paul McCole.
High Times is a Scottish comedy drama on STV, based around the lives of two flatmates and their neighbours in a high-rise tower block in Glasgow, in the last weeks before its closure for renovation. There are six episodes of stories interlinking the lives of a number of families.
The first series of High Times won a BAFTA Scotland award in 2004 for Best Scottish television drama and was shortlisted for the 2005 Rose d'Or and Prix Italia television awards. In the same year it also won the award ...
Premise
High Times is a Scottish comedy drama on STV, based around the lives of two flatmates and their neighbours in a high-rise tower block in Glasgow, in the last weeks before its closure for renovation. There are six episodes of stories interlinking the lives of a number of families.
The first series of High Times won a BAFTA Scotland award in 2004 for Best Scottish television drama and was shortlisted for the 2005 Rose d'Or and Prix Italia television awards. In the same year it also won the award for Best Drama Series at the Celtic Film and Television Festival. Series 2 was nominated for a Royal Television Society award.
In June 2010 it was announced that High Times would be one of the STV archive programmes to be made available on YouTube on the STV Player channel.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Stephen McCole as Rab
- Jon Morrison as Eddie
- Alison Peebles as Alice
- Paul McCole as Jimmy
- John Comerford as Tex
- Cora Bissett as Janet
- Anthony Strachan as Frank
- Stephanie Robinson as Tracey
Supporting cast
- Alan McCafferty as Jake
Guest cast
- Louise Ludgate as Gwen
Episodes
This series spans 3 seasons with 13 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 1 | September 5, 2003 | September 5, 2003 |
| Season 1 | 6 | September 30, 2004 | November 4, 2004 |
| Season 2 | 6 | July 24, 2008 | August 28, 2008 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Blackout (The Pilot) Pilot episode of the series 'High times' which follows the lives of the inhabitants of a block of high rise flats. |
September 5, 2003 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Video Nasty The hairy-knuckled woman at the DSS has arranged an interview for workshy Jake. His flatmate, Rab, can't stand the idea of losing Jake to the workforce so, together, they try to sabotage his chances of getting the job. Eddie doesn't get the homecoming he expects after a stretch in jail, while his downstairs neighbour, Jimmy, finds himself with an unwelcome lodger. |
September 30, 2004 |
| 2 |
Dead Man Walking Frank's regular diet of crisps, fry-ups and fish suppers have turned him into a walking time-bomb. On his doctor's advice, Janet immediately puts him on a diet but Frank is having none of it. Rab struggles to pass the time while Jake is at work, and Tex plays cupid, putting a word in for Jimmy with Eddie and Alice's daughter, Claire. |
October 7, 2004 |
| 3 |
The Usual Suspect There have been a spate of burglaries in the flats and ex-con Eddie is the number one suspect. A situation not helped by Eddie's recent furtive behaviour. Jimmy realises he has a rival for Claire's affections in Rab, and Janet, disillusioned by Frank's unwillingness to move his backside off the sofa, succumbs to Tex's charm and agrees to go line dancing with him. |
October 14, 2004 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Joy of Sex? Frank makes an effort to put the spark back into his marriage but gets a shock when Janet confesses to having had a brief fling. |
July 24, 2008 |
| 2 |
Bigmouth Strikes Again Claire finally reveals the identity of baby Chloe's real dad - a revelation that Jimmy finds hard to deal with. |
July 31, 2008 |
| 3 |
Waster Rab is troubled by finding out that Chloe is his daughter. When he tries to speak to Claire about it he is warned to stay away by Eddie. |
August 7, 2008 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | STV |
|---|---|
| First aired | September 30, 2004 |
| Last aired | August 28, 2008 |
| Runtime | 22 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Thursday at 23:00:00 |