Editing Chewin' the Fat (section)

{{short description|British television series}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox television
| image        = Chewin the Fat.png
| caption      = Series title card (1999–2002)
| runtime      = 30 minutes
| producer     = {{ubl|[[The Comedy Unit]]|[[Effingee Productions]]}} [[BBC Scotland]]
| creator      = {{ubl|[[Ford Kiernan]]|[[Greg Hemphill]]}}
| starring     = {{ubl|Ford Kiernan|Greg Hemphill|[[Karen Dunbar]]|[[Paul Riley (actor)|Paul Riley]]}}
| director     = {{ubl|Brian Horsburgh|[[Michael Hines]]|Colin Gilbert}}
| country      = United Kingdom (Scotland)
| language     = Scots
| num_series   = 4
| num_episodes = 30
| network      = [[BBC One]]
| first_aired  = {{Start date|1999|01|13|df=y}}
| last_aired   = {{End date|2005|12|31|df=y}}
| related      = ''[[Still Game]]'' (2002–2007, 2016–2019)<br />''[[The Karen Dunbar Show]]'' (2003–2006)
}}

'''''Chewin' the Fat''''' is a Scottish [[comedy]] [[sketch show]], starring [[Ford Kiernan]], [[Greg Hemphill]] and [[Karen Dunbar]]. Comedians [[Paul Riley (actor)|Paul Riley]] and [[Mark Cox (actor)|Mark Cox]] also appeared regularly on the show among other actors such as [[Tom Urie]].

''Chewin' the Fat'' first started as a [[radio]] series on [[BBC Radio Scotland]]. The later television show, which ran for four series, was first broadcast on [[BBC One Scotland]], but series three and four, as well as highlights from the first two series, were later broadcast nationally across the United Kingdom. Although the last series ended in February 2002, a Hogmanay special was broadcast each New Year's Eve between 2000 and 2005. ''Chewin' the Fat'' gave rise to the successful, and cult [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]] show ''[[Still Game]]'', a sitcom focusing on the two elderly friends, Jack and Victor. The series was mostly filmed in and around [[Glasgow]] and occasionally [[West Dunbartonshire]].

The English [[idiom]] ''[[Chew the fat|to chew the fat]]'' means to chat casually, but thoroughly, about subjects of mutual interest.<ref>{{cite book |title=An Asperger Dictionary of Everyday Expressions |last=Stuart-Hamilton |first=Ian |year=2004 |publisher=[[Jessica Kingsley Publishers]] |location=[[London]] |isbn=978-1-84310-152-9 |oclc=54816881| page=53 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YGSoyM6ChbkC&pg=PA53}}</ref>