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Still Game has a number of famous fans. Sylvester McCoy and Robbie Coltrane are amongst those who have made guest appearances as central characters in their episodes. Sean Connery and Bill Nighy are also said to be fans and have expressed an interest in appearing. Connery expressed interest in playing the role of Winston which eventually went to Paul Riley. The cast send Connery the videos (which Ford Kiernan jokingly revealed on the behind the scenes bonus on series 4's DVD: "...not that he pays for them...).
At one stage Still Game was attracting over half of the available TV audience in Scotland.
Whenever any of the main characters are listening to radio or television, Ford Kiernan's voice can usually be heard as the voice over.
The director and producers had to fight with Health and Safety inspectors to keep the couch in the set of Victor's flat as it wasn't flame retardant and the character of Jack would often smoke a pipe while sitting upon it. Eventually, a compromise had to be made in which the fabric was treated to be flame-proof in order for the couch to remain on set for the rest of the series.
On 13th July 2018 the BBC confirmed that they had commissioned a ninth series of the show for 2018 but that it would be the final series of the Scottish comedy. The show's creators Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill said that they felt the time was right to retire the show from TV.
Before the series was produced, Kiernan, Hemphill and Riley produced a live stage show written by Hemphill, with a cast total of three, including themselves and Paul Riley (Winston), the show was a great success and became the catalyst for Chewin' the Fat and Still Game.
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