Fags, Mags and Bags
Fags, Mags and Bags is a Scottish radio comedy broadcast on BBC Radio 4. Its first series was nominated for a Sony Radio Award.
| Genre | Comedy |
|---|---|
| Running time | 30 minute episodes |
| Country of origin | Scotland |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | BBC Radio 4 |
| Starring | Sanjeev Kohli Donald McLeary Susheel Kumar Omar Raza |
| Directed by | Iain Davidson Colin Gilbert |
| Produced by | Gus Beattie |
| Edited by | Niall Clark (script) |
| Original release | 1 October 2007 – 25 February 2022 |
| No. of series | 10 |
| No. of episodes | 52 |
| Audio format | Stereophonic sound |
| Website | Fags, Mags and Bags homepage |
The writers, Sanjeev Kohli and Donald McLeary, received a Writers Guild Award in November 2008 for Radio Comedy of the Year.
The theme music for the show is "Smiling" by the Beta Band. In September 2017 the producer Gus Beattie revealed the list of other tracks considered for the theme, which included songs by The Go! Team, The Fratellis and The Breeders, among many others.
On 4 October 2013 it was announced on the Official Facebook page that the episode "Meter Reading Chic" would be the final episode of the show. On 4 January 2016 however, it was announced that following a hiatus of three years the show would be returning for a sixth series, that was recorded in February and broadcast in April of that year. A seventh series was announced in June 2017 consisting of 4 episodes, broadcast in August and September 2017, and it was recommissioned for an eighth, ninth and tenth series, which were broadcast in 2018, 2020 and 2022 respectively.