Craig Ferguson’s Pilot – Simon Dunn

March 5, 2020

Craig Ferguson’s Pilot

With thanks to @whydontyoutube, here’s the full pilot episode of Granada’s The Craig Ferguson Show, which aired 30 years ago. It features Helen Atkinson-Wood, Paul Whitehouse, and Charlie Higson.

Here’s Craig as his early career alter-ego at the Montreal Festival in 1987.

And this is a clip from The Dirt Detective, an STV show from 1993.

That same year, he made The Ferguson Theory for BBC Two.

https://youtu.be/7Y55izqAMSI

Have a look at a trailer for it too.

Soon after that, he moved to the US, and landed a role in the short-lived sitcom Maybe This Time, alongside Betty White.

Finally, here’s a clip from his next show The Drew Carey Show.

Comedy, Continuity, Sitcoms, Sketch Shows, US

Bing Hitler, Craig Ferguson, Maybe This Time, The Craig Ferguson Show, The Dirt Detective, The Drew Carey Show, The Ferguson Theory

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