{"id":158992,"date":"2025-09-25T06:11:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T06:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/158992\/"},"modified":"2025-09-25T06:11:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T06:11:12","slug":"the-scheme-legend-marvin-teases-a-return-to-scene-of-iconic-bbc-reality-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/158992\/","title":{"rendered":"The Scheme legend Marvin teases a return to scene of iconic BBC reality show"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE Scheme\u2019s Marvin Baird\u00a0has teased a return to the scene of the iconic BBC reality show.<\/p>\n

The unlikely TV<\/a> star<\/a>, 46, shot to fame on the 2010 fly-on-the-wall series set in Kilmarnock<\/a>\u2018s Knockinlaw and Onthank estates.<\/p>\n

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Marvin teased a return to the scene of the BBC series The SchemeCredit: TikTok \/ @marvin.baird<\/p>\n

The TV star has turned his life around over the last 15 yearsCredit: Kenny Ramsay<\/p>\n

Fans fell in love with his dog Bullet and followed his relationship<\/a> with then-girlfriend\u00a0Dayna McLaughlin.<\/a><\/p>\n

At the time, he struggled with addiction<\/a> issues, but he\u2019s now clean and is determined to try to help others avoid making the same mistakes he has.<\/p>\n

And it has led him to try to launch a new career as an online influencer.<\/p>\n

Marvin shared clips on TikTok<\/a> which gives fans a glimpse into his new life, where he often uses his iconic catchphrase \u201cHappy as Larry\u201d.<\/p>\n

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And in a recent video<\/a>, he teased his return to the scene of the show, and gave fans a tour around Onthank.<\/p>\n

The TikTok account also revealed that he will soon be opening up about his life, and telling all about \u201cthe good, the bad and the ugly\u201d.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m going to show yous where it all started off. The show showed us off to be idiots, but we\u2019re not. We\u2019re far from it <\/p>\n

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The clip shows Marvin walking<\/a> about the estate with his new dog, and he reflects on his past as he says: \u201cI\u2019m going to show yous where it all started off\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe show showed us off to be idiots, but we\u2019re not. We\u2019re far from it.\u201d<\/p>\n

He adds: \u201cHappy as Larry, couldn\u2019t be happier\u201d.<\/p>\n

The clip is captioned: \u201cBig Marv returns to the scheme.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is going to be taking you all on a trip around Onthank, he will be showing you all the places that were featured on the programme, we will be speaking with people as well as other residents of The Scheme.<\/p>\n

\u201cMarvin will be telling his story, from his childhood all the way up until the present day, and all the events<\/a> in between\u2026 the good, the bad and the ugly.<\/p>\n

\u201cThanks again to everyone who has been continuing to support\u2026 It really is making the big man \u2018Happy as Larry\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

Excited fans flocked to the comments to share their delight at the clip, with many praising the TV star for turning his life around over the last 15 years.<\/p>\n

One person said: \u201cSeems such a lovely, kind, positive guy! Keep going, big Marv, loads of us are rooting for you and are happy as Larry to see you succeeding.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another added: \u201cYou look great, Marvin! Massive respect, my husband and I have followed your journey from the start.\u201d<\/p>\n

Someone else wrote: \u201cLove watching the scheme with my girlfriend. Gives us all a good laugh, man. Glad to hear you\u2019re doing better, mate\u201d.<\/p>\n

While a fourth shared: \u201cI actually rewatched the scheme today. What a turnaround you\u2019ve made, you\u2019re like a different man. Well done\u201d.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMarvin is now volunteering at a local centre and is trying to help others avoid going down the same path as him.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

After turning 46 this month, he confessed he screwed up by spending so long hooked on drugs.<\/p>\n

But followers praised him and told him he looks better now than he did on\u00a0The Scheme after turning his life around.<\/p>\n

He said his volunteer shifts, playing badminton and going cycling all played a vital role in changing his life.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cHalf my life I wasted. See if I had known life was this good 25 years ago, I would never have touched a drug.\u201d<\/p>\n

Marvin also recently revealed that he still has a soft spot for troubled Dayna during a live TikTok session.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cThere is no ill-feeling between me and Dayna whatsoever,<\/p>\n

\u201cWe parted on pretty good terms. I made a promise to her mum that I would always look out for her.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnytime she needs me, I do what I can. Anything she needs within reason, I can help her.\u201d<\/p>\n

And a fifth chimed in: \u201cThis was my childhood watching The Scheme, brilliant to see you\u2019re doing well Marvin, man, best of luck on ur journey mate\u201d.<\/p>\n

It comes just weeks after we revealed that Marvin rejected a telly comeback<\/a> because the reality<\/a> show almost got him killed three times.<\/p>\n

He claimed there were repeated attempts on his life because rivals wrongly thought he\u2019d made a fortune.<\/p>\n

Marvin confessed he was never paid a penny for the Beeb series, and told how he was so soured by the experience that he\u2019s refused cash offers to go back on-screen.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cI\u2019ve been asked to do a follow-up. They were offering to pay me good money<\/a>. But no.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u201cI nearly got murdered three times. Just out of jealousy, they had nothing to be jealous of.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese people thought for some reason that I was loaded. I\u2019m still on benefits<\/a>. Far from loaded. I don\u2019t want to be loaded.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fans fell in love with Marvin and followed his relationship with then-girlfriend DaynaCredit: Alan MacGregor Ewing \u2013 The Sun Glasgow\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THE Scheme\u2019s Marvin Baird\u00a0has teased a return to the scene of the iconic BBC reality show. The unlikely…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":158993,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[243,96,3258,224,617,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-158992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-bbc","tag-entertainment","tag-influencers","tag-social-media","tag-tiktok","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158992\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}