When actor Paul Riley raided his mum’s attic for props needed for a cash-strapped new stage show, he could never have guessed how successful it would become. Paul was one of three actors in the 1997 stage comedy.
The two others were Greg Hemphill and Ford Kiernan. The show was the first outing of a new play – Still Game. Twenty five years, nine television series, 50 live shows and even a Netflix contract later, Paul jokes he will always be grateful to his late mum’s old rug.
Paul, who played Winston Ingram in the show, said: “Looking back to that original stage play we could never have guessed what lay ahead. I’d worked with Greg around six months before and he called me up and said, ‘I want you to come and meet Ford. We’ve just written this thing called Still Game.
