{"id":780584,"date":"2026-09-24T02:20:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T02:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/780584\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T02:20:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T02:20:12","slug":"ashley-jensen-and-mark-bonnar-reunited-for-new-bbc-scotland-sitcom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/780584\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashley Jensen and Mark Bonnar reunited for new BBC Scotland sitcom"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Jensen and Bonnar, who have both starred in the long-running BBC Scotland crime series Shetland<\/a>, will be playing unlikely travelling companions Cat and Gerry in the new show Rambling.\n<\/p>\n

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\n The new sitcom will see Jensen and Bonnar play unlikely travelling companions Cat and Gerry.\n<\/p>\n

\n Commissioned from The Comedy<\/a> Unit by BBC Scotland and BBC Comedy, Rambling has been written by Iain Connell, co-creator of the BBC Scotland comedy shows Burnistoun and The Scotts, and Sharon Young, one of Connell’s co-stars in The Scotts.\n<\/p>\n

\n Ashley Jensen and Mark Bonnar will be starring in the new BBC Scotland sitcom Rambling. (Image: Jamie Simpson)\n<\/p>\n

\n The new show is being billed by BBC Scotland as a \u201cfeel-good Scottish sitcom all about putting your best foot forward\u201d.\n<\/p>\n

\n The official synopsis for Rambling states: \u201cYou\u2019d\u00a0never put Gerry and Cat together.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cHe\u2019s\u00a0order,\u00a0she\u2019s\u00a0chaos. Gerry plans every step. Cat gets lost on the way to the car park. Gerry\u2019s on a mission to fulfil a promise to his recently deceased brother.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cCat\u2019s flying solo having been thrown out a walking group that was supposed to be a fresh start for her.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cThe more they walk and talk, they discover they\u2019re travelling on common ground.\u00a0Rambling is a feel-good Scottish sitcom all about putting your best foot forward.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\n Jensen, who was nominated for an Emmy for a breakthrough comedy role in Extras, and Bonnar, who has starred in the drama series Guilt, Dept Q and Line of Duty, appeared together in all four series of Catastrophe.\n<\/p>\n

\n Rambling, which is expected to air early next year, is being described as a “one-off special” by the BBC.\n<\/p>\n

\n Jensen said: \u201cSharon and Iain\u2019s script is about nothing and everything. It\u2019s smart, honest, poignant, moving and funny. It\u2019s about loss, loneliness, and our need for connection.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cI started my career with the BBC Comedy Unit a long time ago, so I am delighted\u00a0to return and be part of Rambling and to be reunited with the talented Mark Bonnar,\u00a0along with a resilient and incredibly skilled crew, with whom we will be braving the Scottish elements to bring this beautiful special to life.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\n Bonnar said: \u201cI\u2019m so thrilled to be doing this beautifully written, very funny show by Iain and Sharon.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cI\u2019ve never played someone quite like Gerry before and I can\u2019t wait to get cracking.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cOn top of that, to be reunited with the wonderful Ashley Jensen, it doesn\u2019t get any better.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\n Gavin Smith, commissioning editor at BBC Scotland: \u201cWe\u2019re delighted to be bringing Iain and Sharon\u2019s hilarious outdoorsy sitcom to the screens in this one-off special.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cIt is packed with brilliant banter and who better to be rambling on while rambling along than the wonderful Ashley Jensen and Mark Bonnar.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\n BBC Comedy commissioning editor Navi Lamba said: \u201cSome of the best comedies come from forcing unlikely people together and Rambling does exactly that.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cIain and Sharon have created a deeply relatable sitcom and I can\u2019t wait for people to fall for Cat and Gerry.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jensen and Bonnar, who have both starred in the long-running BBC Scotland crime series Shetland, will be playing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":780585,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-780584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780584","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=780584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780584\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/780585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=780584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=780584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=780584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}