Snoddy

{{Short description|2002 Scottish TV sitcom}}

{{other uses|Snoddy (disambiguation)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}}

{{Use British English|date=November 2015}}

{{Infobox television

| image = SnoddyGregorFisher.jpg

| caption =

| genre = Sitcom

| creator = Johnny Crawford

| developer =

| writer = Johnny Crawford

| director = Ron Bain

| creative_director =

| starring = {{Plainlist|

• Gregor Fisher
• Dawn Steele
• Hugh Ross
• Gavin Mitchell
• James Young
• Brian Pettifer

}}

| theme_music_composer =

| composer = Dave Hurricane

| country =

| language = English

| num_series = 1

| num_episodes = 6

| list_episodes =

| executive_producer = Ewan Angus

| producer = Colin Gilbert

| editor = John Brooks

| location = Scotland

| cinematography =

| camera =

| runtime = 30 minutes

| company = The Comedy Unit

| channel = BBC One Scotland

| first_aired = {{Start date|2002|03|13|df=yes}}

| last_aired = {{End date|2002|04|17|df=yes}}

}}

Snoddy was a six-part Scottish television sitcom, written and created by Johnny Crawford, that first broadcast on BBC One Scotland on 13 March 2002.{{cite web |url=http://www.sitcom.co.uk/sitcoms/snoddy.shtml |title=Snoddy |accessdate=2008-05-12 |work=British Sitcom Guide }} The series, which aired at 10:35pm on Wednesdays, starred Gregor Fisher of Rab C Nesbitt fame as DCI Samuel J. Snoddy, the head of Scotland's Elite Crime Squad, who is obsessed with spending more time playing golf abroad rather than fighting crimes.{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2002/03_march/08/snoddy.shtml |title="Crime never kips" for Snoddy |accessdate=2008-05-12 |work=BBC Press Office |date=2002-03-02}}

Only a single series of six episodes was broadcast, and the series was never shown outside of Scotland. The series was regarded as unsuccessful and was axed by BBC bosses following poor ratings.{{citation needed|date=January 2020}} The series was heavily promoted in and around the Glasgow area, with a number of billboard posters portraying the tagline "it's a Hotel Oscar Oscar Tango of a show” being put up around the city.{{Cite web |title=Snoddy : Off the Telly |url=http://www.offthetelly.co.uk/oldott/www.offthetelly.co.uk/index4770.html?p=5341 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816215613/http://www.offthetelly.co.uk/oldott/www.offthetelly.co.uk/index4770.html?p=5341 |archive-date=2016-08-16 |website=offthetelly.co.uk}} Notably, the series has never been made available on DVD.