Still Game’s Ford Kiernan has told of his delight at seeing children dressed as characters from the show at Halloween

Still Game creator Ford Kiernan said he is bombarded with hundreds of pictures every year of youngsters guising as pensioners Jack and Victor and busybody Isa.Kids dressed up for Halloween as Still Game’s Jack, Victor and Isa

Still Game creator Ford Kiernan has told of his delight at seeing children dressed as characters from the show at Halloween.

The actor and writer, who penned the hit BBC sitcom with Greg Hemphill, said he is bombarded with hundreds of pictures every year of youngsters guising as pensioners Jack and Victor and busybody Isa.

Kiernan, 63, said the costumes were a tribute to the much-loved comedy’s impact on Scottish culture.

Still Game became a comedy phenomenon after making its TV debut in 2002.

The series, which ended in 2019, is still being watched by millions after being made available on streaming service Netflix and many viewers weren’t born when the original episodes aired.

Kiernan, who played Jack Jarvis, said he has even had children come to his house on Halloween while dressed as his character.

Speaking on The Ford and Shelby Show podcast, Kiernan, said: “I get, without exaggeration, a couple of hundred photographs every year, so does Greg, of people done up as us or done up as Isa.

“That’s what happens now at Halloween and it’s completely weird.

“I get loads of lovely photos and I have had weans at the door dressed up as me.

“The mums and dads like them getting dressed up as me. They don’t want them done up as scary things from Chucky or Saw.

“You feel as if, ‘Well, for that couple of decades I was in the culture enough for people to want to dress up as our characters’.

“So there’s a bit of a buzz to be had out of that.

“It’s a difficult concept to understand but it’s quite charming, I can assure you.”

Still Game became a comedy phenomenon after making its TV debut in 2002.

When it returned in 2016 after a nine year hiatus, it became the most-watched TV programme in over a decade in Scotland, attracting more than half of the viewing audience.

The ninth and final series aired on the BBC in 2019.