Limmy

The best Scottish websites

The top 30 websites made for and by Scots

21 Jul 2011

When putting together this list, we weren’t necessarily looking for the biggest or the best-known cultural websites in Scotland. We were looking for unique and interesting ideas, cleverly realised and lovingly maintained on the web. This might mean that…

Limmy has a new BBC2 series on the way - interview

Glaswegian funnyman on Doop, Yazz and sounding like a fanny

16 Feb 2011

First record you ever bought The Only Way Is Up, by Yazz and the Plastic Population. First film you saw that really moved you Watership Down. Last lie you told An email where I said I was too busy to do something, when I’m not. First…

The Hot 100 2010 - Mark Millar, Kevin Bridges and Alasdair Gray take top 3 spots

Our annual chart of the people from Scotland being interesting, successful and creative

16 Dec 2010

The Hot 100 is a list of Scots who’ve made a sizeable creative splash in 2010. It includes musicians, artists, writers, actors, fashion designers, technological innovators, shop owners, festival directors, record label heads and one mad cyclist.

Limmy's Show

The series which brought credibility to BBC Scotland comedy roster

22 Nov 2010

(15) 180min (2entertain) A stoned loner notices peculiar inconsistencies on TV adverts at 4am. A bushy-eyebrowed executive plots his excuses before the local constabulary show up at his office. A paranoid ex-junkie takes offence at the most…

Show me the funny - Limmy interview

7 Jan 2010

Limmy’s problem is that he just thinks too much. ‘I was walking through the Botanic Gardens and starting to just enjoy walking about, doing nothing. I’m not thinking about the past or holding any grudges or thinking should I have done that differently…

Limmy's Show

21 Aug 2008

Limmy presents a trademark show of stand-up and internet tinkering with video messages from some oddball acquaintances, the dissection of an ad for fish fingers and some gay porn featuring Coronation Street's Betty. There are some great ideas here and…

Glasgow Comedy Festival - Limmy

CAST OF 1000s

27 Feb 2007

Isn’t the internet a remarkable thing? Where else could you find a global car boot sale, an opportunity to hunt down former schoolmates and a place to swap obscure specialist pornography in one untidy portal? And while there are men dressed in rags who…