Brian Jameson, the visionary creator of Balamory, is furious he’s been left out of the show’s 2026 revival — learning about it via a cryptic phone call after two decades. Once inspired by his childhood in the Western Isles, Jameson recounts wild production secrets like filming in a Glasgow morgue and an audition where Miss Hoolie sang risqué parody. His journey began on Play School — where he called himself a “skank at the bottom” — before his big break. But his fight for ownership of Balamory became a costly David-and-Goliath battle, draining £40k before he dropped it. Now, his company Tattiemoon lost out on the revival bid to a rival, despite wanting to restore original characters. Though the BBC credits him as “Created by Brian Jameson at BBC Scotland,” he feels the new version betrays the spirit of the original — a corporate reboot, not a resurrection.
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