Jack and Victor



Jack Jarvis and Victor McDade are recurring characters in the 1999-2002 Scottish sketch show Chewin the Fat and are the main protagonists of it's spin-off TV series Still Game.

They are pensioners who have been best friends since childhood and are next-door neighbours in Osprey Heights a tower block in the fictional town of Craiglang in Glasgow. They are also widowers as Jack's wife Jean and Victor's wife Betty died around ten years before the start of the series. They are also fathers, Jack's daughter Fiona lives in Canada with her husband and two sons Jack and Steven whilst Victor's son John lives in Johannesburg however whilst Fiona stays in touch with Jack, John doesn't stay in touch with Victor.

When not at home, Jack and Victor are usually hanging out at their local pub The Clangsman with their friends Winston, Tam and Eric and also go to the local off-licence ran by Navid (who moved to Glasgow from India in the 1970s) and his wife Mena. Also there is the cleaner Isa, the town gossiper who also lives in Osprey Heights.