A second helping of cheeseburger magnate Bob Servant’s adventures will be served up in living rooms from Monday December 1.
The second coming of the ScottishBafta-nominated comedy will be screened on BBC One Scotland at 10.35pm before getting a nationwide broadcast on BBC Four early next year.
The three-episode series will see Brian Cox return as Bob, with Jonathan Watson again playing his faithful sidekick and “director of sauces” Frank.
The new episodes will see Bob leave politics for a return to the much saucier world of burger vans, where he first made his name and fortune.
Born and bred in Broughty Ferry, Servant sees it as his natural fiefdom, largely due to his dominant position in the Ferry’snotorious ‘Cheeseburger Wars’ a period of riotous appreciation for the snack that caused madness on the streets and lined Servant’s pockets.
After standing in Broughty Ferry’s by-election and, according to Bob, achieving “the greatest moral victory of all time”, Servant decides he’s not ready to while away the days in his stylish riverside house and it’s time for a comeback.
Guest stars for the series include This Life actress Daniela Nardini as council official Megan, who proves more than a match for Bob. Things get tricky for Bob when his romantic pursuit of her lands him in court.
Taggart’s Alex Norton returns as Bob’s nemesis Hendo and Absolutely star Moray Hunter features as down at heel lawyer Objection McNally, while Anita Vettesse plays Frank’s swimming instructor, andgirlfriend, Dorothy.
Writer Neil Forsyth, the creator of Bob Servant, said: “I’m absolutely delighted that Bob, Frank and the rest of Broughty Ferry’s finest are about to be thrust once more upon the nation.
“Bob’s never been more ambitious, and this time it’s rubbed off on wee Frank.This is a series about love, friendship and the horrific reality of life on a failing cheeseburger van. So, something foreveryone.”
Bob Servant himself refused to comment on the programme’s return.
Neil said: “Unfortunately Bob is refusing to promote the show.He’s currently involved in a legal dispute with the BBC after he claimed threebunnets and a ‘gentleman’s magazine’ went missing from his extension during thefilming.
“He was originally claiming for the loss of two magazines but he recently found the other one ‘behind the Betamax’ where, he claims, ‘one of the camera boys must have hidden it’.”