Stars of ‘Still Game’ Awarded Honorary Degrees
In July 2022, our graduation ceremony was brimming with creative talent and inspirational personalities as two iconic Scottish comedy actors were awarded honorary degrees.
Jane McCarry and Mark Cox, best known for playing the busybody, Isa Drennan, and the tight-fisted old miser, Tam Mullen, in the much-loved Scottish TV comedy series ‘Still Game,’ delighted the audience at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh when they were both granted the title Doctor of the University, Honoris Causa.
Playing two of Scotland’s most iconic characters in the BBC sitcom, which aired between 2002 and 2019 and was enjoyed by loyal fans for nine series and 62 episodes, Jane McCarry and Mark Cox were part of a multiple award-winning team. Still Game won awards from BAFTA Scotland, Scottish Comedy Awards, Rose d’Or and many more.
Both Jane and Mark also played numerous roles in the Scottish sketch show ‘Chewin’ the Fat’ which ran between 1999 and 2005, whilst Jane also had TV success in shows like ‘Rab C Nesbitt’, and as childminder Granny Murray in the BBC Two and Cbeebies hit programme ‘Me Too!’. Mark has also had many parts in much loved TV programmes including Shetland’, ‘Rebus’, ‘Outlander’, and ‘Scots Squad’, and together with Jane, the pair have set up their own business hosting corporate events, which has seen them stage Burns Suppers as far afield as the British Embassy Garden in Abu Dhabi.
Jane and Mark were delighted to celebrate their honorary degree awards and the success of new graduates, at what was our first in-person graduation ceremony to be held since 2019, and in the year in which we celebrated 50 years of teaching drama and performing arts.
Having been honoured for the memorable contribution they have made to the cultural life of Scotland, the duo went on to entertain the audience with their comedy banter, whilst regaling them with tales of their experiences on stage and screen, and their student days studying acting at QMU.
