Miss Hoolie Returns to Balamory/Tobermory | Jules and Greg’s Wild Swim | BBC Scotland

Miss Hoolie returns to the setting of Balamory, aka Tobermory in Mull, for a “magical” dip in the bay - and it's not long before her adoring fans come to say hello!
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[@jacobmassey3897]

I never thought I'd hear miss Hoolie shouting IT'S THE MENOPAUSE 😂

[@meto1176]

Nor did I 😂

[@josephchambers2000]

Maybe it’s cause I’m old and I know I’m going to die, also took me fairly off guard.

[@jacobmassey3897]

@@josephchambers2000 yeah that was hilarious 😂

[@krashd]

3:32 Tobermory is in the middle of nowhere and has a population of just 1,000 people and yet it has a Chinese takeaway. That's how much us Brits love a chow mein.

[@jwilloughby6175]

Probably has several takeaways

[@Drawyah]

Head up to the Shetland Islands, they only have six takeaway restaurants, four of which are Chinese. 👀

[@RAFMnBgaming]

@@Drawyah now the question for the other two is is curry house, pizza place or kebab shop open at 2 in the morning. I'm gonna say curry and kebab.

[@mhenderson7673]

​@@RAFMnBgamingSurely there must be a chippy!?

[@RAFMnBgaming]

@@mhenderson7673 oh yeah they would need somewhere to keep the deep fryer.

[@user-hd9nc7zp1v]

Omg. It is her. That show was my childhood.

[@SillyCreatureSally]

Same. I might sound weird, but the shows that toddler me watched in the 2010s have been around for longer than I thought. Like this show, it started in 2002, and some kids who watched it then are now adults! And I know I'm only 15, but it makes me feel so much younger than I am. Like 10 or something.

[@S_J_banana]

Same here. I’m 21 now but I still love it

[@MarissaOlivaO2134]

I remember that TV show balamory ❤🎉😊

[@jesterquacker35]

​@@MarissaOlivaO2134 same 🥹

[@MarissaOlivaO2134]

@@jesterquacker35 I think ms hollie is a balamory nursery teacher in balamory I think she and josie jump are my favorite character in balamory

[@ticketyboo2456]

What a lovely woman, pure light😊

[@user-rw8eq7cx8t]

I miss her episodes!

[@bruceyang2494]

She's hot

[@leod-sigefast]

Although I was already in my early 20s by the time Balamory came on TV, I was 'forced' to watch it by my young niece, who I often looked after after her school. The theme tune alone has been seared into my brain! The jolly show and stories were always quite endearing, even for grown up me. I am surprisingly quite emotional seeing this, thinking how much time has passed in our lives: Miss Hoolie talking about menopause, me being 43, my niece being 27 and having a successful and happy career as a secondary school science teacher. Hey, maybe it was Balamory and Miss Hoolie who switched her on to being a teacher, all those years ago! Thanks for the memories and making kids' childhoods that little bit happier.

[@Blueheaven72]

Victor and Miss Hoolie will always have a special place in Scottish hearts 🥲🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@keithfowler2013]

@@Blueheaven72 And this English one.👍❤️

[@jameshardie9914]

Must have been a real trip down memory lane for miss hoolie being there for the first time in 19 years. It's also nostalgic for me to see her there surrounded by all the colourful houses since I used to watch balamory as a child

[@Multiple-units-yn8hi]

I remember Balamory as a child I can even remember the theme song. P.C plum and Archie the inventor were my favourite characters

[@Danny_Transition_Patrol]

This brings back some memories, sitting with my 2 little boys watching Balamory. Awesome

[@TJGAMINGSCOTLAND]

A lot of memories haha ❤ It’s nice to see them being recognised

[@christinajohnson8138]

Watched this when I was 4/5 now 20 years later my 1 yeah old beams when balamory comes on!!❤

[@Genesis-Grant]

We've gone second generation with this iconic show omg

[@evanslater4551]

I’m 21. Balamory came out the year I was born. I’m making sure it goes second generation when I have kids one day

[@MarkWilliamsRom]

Thank you for all the childhood memories

[@hotelmario510]

Hearing Miss Hoolie say "You know you're gonna die" hit me like a flashbang

[@jackjohnston1298]

Ah balamory one of my childhood shows pure nostalgia🥲

[@jordantaylor6956]

Never knew this was actually a real place. Loved this when I was a kid

[@mildlydispleased3221]

It's not a real place, this is just where it was filmed.

[@jordantaylor6956]

@@mildlydispleased3221 dude it actually is a real place type in on google Tobermory it’s a place in Scotland 😂

[@jordantaylor6956]

@@mildlydispleased3221 Dude it is a real place type in on Google Tobermory it’s a place in Scotland and that’s where they filmed it 😂😂 well expensive to get there

[@jordantaylor6956]

@@mildlydispleased3221 it is a real place look up on Google Tobermory it’s a place in Scotland.

[@jordantaylor6956]

It actually is a real place. Look it up on Google.

[@AutisticAl]

Me and my mum would joke about Miss Hoolie all the time as a kid 😅 My mum would say things like "Imagine if you had to sleep with her" 😂😂😂

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

Julie has hardly changed since her role as miss hoolie

[@joshuaholten69]

Aww bless her, what an icon. If I could make a pyramid of my good childhood memories, she would defo be on it! ❤️❤️

[@Benjamin19733]

I used to watch this when I was little ❤

[@polboygiraffetamer6654]

It was so cool to se Miss Hoolie again.

[@annieapple8974]

Aww she seems like such a lovely down to earth woman ❤ she was my childhood

[@tomcarslaw2117]

On Arran many years ago my grandkids watched Balamory avidly. They would come on their bikes either me to the village store to get morning rolls and I noticed that they paid special attention to the shopkeeper. She was the image of Suzie Sweet!

[@jammyjay917]

My little boys and me enjoyed watching Balamory....loved it 🥰🥰🥰

[@LM-2005]

Holy S#!+, my childhood is there. I miss balamory.

[@gilescosgrove3933]

Kid you not this was proper childhood and being like three or whatever it's only now I realise that my parents were so invested in my sister and I watching it because my Dad was Glaswegian so it felt like he was sharing his Scottish roots with his English kids. Every single cast member in Balamory is a legend and I still think of Miles Jupp as the fella in the pink castle. I'm a quarter of a century old at this point.

[@downeystudios2001]

My childhood memories will never die! ❤

[@CjMatthews-h2b]

Hearing that tune i was overcome with a bit of emotion a time when my kids were small dancing infront of the TV to balanory and the night garden. How I wish my kids were that small and I could go back. Isn't it crazy how you can be flooded with emotions remembering our babies small now late teens out and about worrying 😂 at least under miss Hoolys spell they were safe now you have to worry ya kids don't get knifed ext. So nice to hear that song ❤😅

[@James_Nicol]

This was my childhood

[@Heyyou_guys1]

This is so emotional for me even tho I’m not a 2000s kid I’m gen alpha. I always watched balamory ❤

[@alexswindley-wilson2762]

Gosh this makes me feel ancient and believe me i grew up watching this (and then i watched it more even when i grew out of the show/cbeebies in general thanks to my younger brother)

[@K31JAN]

I remember Balamory. In the early 2000s there wasn’t many new kids shows on at a pre-school level. This, Bob and the Builder to an extent were the only real newer shows, Storymakers would then begin in 2002. A lot of what was on was stuff that aired in the 1980s as reruns, Bodger and Badger had just also recently ended, but was still on as reruns. Those days were simpler. Then gain I was 3 so it was simple to us.

[@RossiDevil]

I used to watch it growing up what memories it used to be

[@andycontento3563]

I used to fancy Miss Hooley like mad.

[@Phil_Mitchell]

Guess you had high standards then...

[@maxtopia5733]

Bring back memories

[@Jakelemon875]

This has to be the best

[@francissaunders7402]

All that's missing is Jack meeting them on the slippery rocks with a pair of Timpson grippy specials

[@ronaldmcdonald8303]

Balamory is the capital of that part of Scotland!

[@elsbethrobinson5293]

I thought miss hoolie was always chill I didn’t know her accent was this aggressive irl 😂

[@AndrewWatchingYouTube]

Ahhh memories ❤❤❤❤❤

[@gerardmcquade9102]

used to watch this when i was young

[@SauravBundhoo]

I would love to visit Tobermory! 😊

[@peterbrown8880]

Fantastic!!!

[@robnewman6101]

Welcome back.

[@keithfowler2013]

My daughter loved you, Miss Hooley .x And Greg from Still Game. I never recognised you with the beard. Starstruck Englishman ,here !

[@marylynch948]

This is Julie best known for portraying the roles of Miss Hoolie in the BBC Children's series Balamory, and that's the actor who plays Victor McDade in this Scottish sitcom Still Game. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@donnag4150]

Brilliant 🎉

[@YaEh215]

omg you havent changed once miss hoolie

[@NoelG-IRE]

Whoever thought Ms Hoolie was a Hoolie! 😂😂😂

[@user-lu4uz2nu8d]

Queen HER MAJASTY

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

Look at that Julie has returned back to the place Tobermory where she played miss hoolie in the tv series of balamory and was all filmed here from 2002 to 2005

[@harrygleed423]

What a lovely couple! Also Miss H is just the same in real life. Harry

[@amywonderland9297]

What a way to find out that these two Scottish icons are married irl?!

[@STEPPER9]

Nobody recognises Greg because of his beard 😆. I didn’t know it was him until she said Greg and I’m a massive Still Game fan

[@roughwalkers]

Drove me crazy this program when my much younger sister watched it Not as bad as dora the explorer tho 😂

[@sjanex]

Same 😂

[@DystopianOverture]

Mine and my sister's childhood

[@bronypony3091]

I wonder whatever changes have been made to the actual filming locations of Balamory since this show ended 19 years ago

[@MrHaydnSir]

as a 27 y/o i feel like a child again 😊

[@LinkTheFusky]

They need to get the residents to sign a petition to change Tobermory’s name officially to Balamory

[@lauramcgilp9816]

Gaun yersel miss hoolie❤❤❤your no bad either son😂😂😂❤

[@Unknownaccxxxx]

Did Miss Hoolie not know Mary Riggans who played Suzie Sweet had died 11 years ago 2013 2nd December

[@Hi-by2pt]

She’s highly likely already know about Marry Riggans

[@user-dx9le5jo5w]

My childhood

[@pinkdiamond1847]

Wait a minute. It's real? It's not just a set?

[@bradleyfinn3452]

Has Mrs Hoolie got a tattoo

[@stephaniebarnshaw853]

I wonder if she's on X or Instagram!

[@KyleNornIreland]

Is that Vicktor haha

[@rimizoem]

When I visited Prince William was also visiting!!

[@paulbanner9612]

The Mishnish🍻🍻👍😎

[@Zafar-ty6ot]

Balamory dua

[@RichyJVideos]

its them 2 from stil game LOL

[@user-Staygames-official]

I’m so sad to see this no longer airs and the kids in 2020s will be watching cocomelon 😢😢

[@peterwheelerisgod]

They are all on IPlayer. My 3 year old loves it

[@CjMatthews-h2b]

1:15 unbeatable View IMO

[@ExploreTheUKWithMe]

Next stop the clansman!

[@BeasleyStreet]

What happened that Jupp bloke, did anything come of him?

[@krashd]

Miles Jupp is still on TV here and there.

[@josephlenehan4461]

Joseph and today

[@exploreadventre]

Watch out for PC plum

[@thomasruane3002]

Why?

[@exploreadventre]

@@thomasruane3002For Swimming naked in the water Hahaha 😄

[@TheTrickshot77]

That water is full of raw sewage, swimming in there you run the risk of contracting harmful bacteria.

[@krashd]

Any sources for that? There's no cities anywhere remotely close to Tobermory.

[@TheTrickshot77]

@@krashd "95% of Englands waters have raw sewage in" apparently, it was in the news. People have protested about it.

[@chrisdorrell1]

​@TheTrickshot77 not England.

[@paulrobertson3941]

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[@nolongerhavetowork]

She was weird.

[@hamishcameron1082]

Greg you dumbbell she was miss hoolie

[@Mark-mu6bc]

I thought it was a made up place 😂

[@ZomBabeZoe]

Awwww! Used to have to watch a lotta Balamory with my kiddo lol