Wales vets appear in BBC comedy Mammoth!

The Wales Veterans' Football Association accepted an invitation from the BBC to take part in the second series of hit comedy, ‘Mammoth’ which is currently being filmed in and around Cardiff. The series centres around a PE teacher from the 1970s getting a second chance at life, will return for a second series and will be on our BBC screens soon.

The return of Mammoth, made by BBC Studios Comedy Productions, was announced at the BBC Comedy Festival in Glasgow, reinforcing the BBC’s commitment to original comedy content across the UK.

In the first series, Tony Mammoth (Mike Bubbins), a PE teacher believed to have perished in an avalanche during a school trip in 1979, attempted to rebuild his life after miraculously returning from the dead when his body is discovered frozen in time.
In the seventies he was a carefree Cardiff bachelor, teaching PE and generally living la vida loca. In 2024, he thought the world would still be his oyster, but Mammoth never really liked oysters, he was more of a pint and a packet of crisps sort of bloke. All he wanted was his old life back; the same job, the same clothes, the same car and the same soundtrack.

14 players from the Wales Veterans' Football Association were invited along to film some football action over a two-day period in June this year and, whilst it was difficult to adjust to the way of the film stars, the boys enjoyed the get together for some good banter, free breakfasts, a bit of football and a glimpse of possible stardom on the silver screen.

Look out for second series of ‘Mammoth’ and an action packed Episode 2 where our boys will be bidding for their BAFTA’S.