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| August 2024 | Announcement made that Still Game would return as a comic book, with the first volume to be released in September. |
| 2021 |
Traynor
John Traynor, Dublin criminal known for connections to murdered journalist Veronica Guerin, passed away.
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| 2021 |
Scots Wikipedia
After the content review, the number of articles decreased to about 40,000, with many low-quality articles being deleted.
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| 2020 |
Traynor
Bobby Trainor passed away (or potentially in 2021)
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| 2018 |
Traynor
Bernard E. Trainor passed away
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| 2018 |
Scots Wikipedia
The Scots Wikipedia had approximately 55,000 articles before a major content review.
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| September 14 2018 | Final day of production for Still Game. |
| July 13 2018 | BBC announced Still Game would return for a ninth and final series later in 2019. |
| October 7 2016 | Seventh series premiered, attracting the show's highest ever overnight audience with 1,300,000 viewers in Scotland and 3,200,000 total UK viewers. |
| May 12 2016 | BBC announced the show would return with a six-part seventh series, nine years after the previous series concluded. |
| 2015 |
Traynor
Mary Ellen Trainor passed away
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| 2014 |
Traynor
Jay Traynor, American singer from the group Jay and the Americans, died.
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| November 2014 | A special sketch featuring Jack and Victor was made for Children in Need, including a cameo by the show's director Michael Hines. |
| September 19 2014 | First live show 'Still Game Live' at The SSE Hydro began, running until 10 October and playing to 210,000 fans, generating £6,000,000 in ticket sales. |
| October 15 2013 | Daily Record announced the show would be returning. |
| 2012 | Actor Kenny Boyle acquired the rights to the original stage play and toured it, performing at The Tron theatre, FTH theatre, and The Ayr Gaiety Theatre. |
| November 2010 |
Scots Wikipedia
The Scots Wikipedia expanded to reach 5,000 articles.
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