Only An Excuse?
- TV sketch show
- BBC One Scotland / BBC Two Scotland
- 1993 - 2021
- 31 episodes
Famous Scottish football satire show. Every Hogmanay, Jonathan Watson mimics Scotland's top personalities and the heroes and villains of football. Also features Grant Smeaton, Julie Austin, Louise McCarthy and Matt Costello.
- Highlights Special repeated at 11:30pm on BBC Scotland
Episode menu
World Cup Special
A satirical look at the state of British football. World Cup USA. No Scotland, no England, no Northern Ireland, no Wales, no use at football? Scotland's comedy duo Jonathan Watson and Tony Roper play a wide variety of characters such as Kenny Dalglish, Eric Cantona, Ryan Giggs, Graeme Souness and Archie Macpherson to try and explain the failure of our national teams.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 13th June 1994
- Time
- 8:30pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes