Only An Excuse?
- TV sketch show
- BBC One Scotland
- 1993 - 2021
- 32 episodes
Famous Scottish football satire show. Every Hogmanay, Jonathan Watson mimics Scotland's top personalities and the heroes and villains of football. Also features Gerry McLaughlin, Julie Austin, Chris Forbes and Sheila Donald.
- Highlights Special repeated Friday 10th January at 10:30pm on BBC Scotland
Episode menu
Episode One
A selection of sketches picked from 27 years of the hit Scottish comedy, mixing classic characters, favourite skits and hilarious media spoofs. Frankie Boy rocks up at the petrol station, King Kenny dispenses managerial advice on the golf course and Sir Fergie lectures on leadership at Harvard.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 11th February 2021
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- BBC Scotland
- Length
- 30 minutes
Upcoming repeats
- Friday 10th January 2025 at 10:30pm on BBC Scotland
- Tuesday 14th January 2025 at 11:30pm on BBC Scotland
Cast & crew
| Jonathan Watson | Various |
| Gerry McLaughlin | Ensemble Actor |
| Chris Forbes | Ensemble Actor |
| Kirsty Wark | Self |
| Joy McAvoy | Ensemble Actor |
| Mark Cox | Ensemble Actor |
| Fiona Henderson | Ensemble Actor |
| Gordon Kennedy | Ensemble Actor |
| Alistair McGowan | Ensemble Actor |
| Susan Nisbet | Ensemble Actor |
| Tony Roper | Ensemble Actor |
| Grant Smeaton | Ensemble Actor |
| Tom Urie | Ensemble Actor |
| Fiona Wood | Ensemble Actor |
| John McGlade | Writer |
| Stephen McLaughlin | Writer |
| Chuck Gayfield | Writer |
| Wes Fargo | Writer |
| Rikki Brown | Writer |
| Duncan Black | Writer |
| Kevin Carlin | Writer |
| Ginger Kidd | Writer |
| Iain Davidson | Director |
| Ron Bain | Director |
| Philip Differ | Producer |
| Ewan Angus | Executive Producer |
| Rab Christie | Executive Producer |
| Gavin Smith | Executive Producer |
| Colin Gilbert | Executive Producer |
| Gordon Miller | Editor |
| Lee McKellar | Editor |
| Laura Donnelly | Production Designer |
| Iain McDonald | Production Designer |
| Ursula Cleary | Production Designer |
| Suzanne Field | Production Designer |
| Annette Gillies | Production Designer |
| David Jennings | Production Designer |
| Graham Rose | Production Designer |
| Denise Coombes | Costume Designer |
| Paul Farrow | Costume Designer |
| Carole K. Fraser | Costume Designer |
| Katherine Hyland | Costume Designer |
| Yvonne Simpson | Costume Designer |
| Brian Jobson | Director of Photography |
| John I. McNeill (as John I McNeill) | Director of Photography |
| Des O'Hare | Director of Photography |
| Amy Buchanan | Make-up Designer |
| Julie Dorrat-Keenan | Make-up Designer |
| Kirstin Innes | Make-up Designer |
| Jacqui Mallett | Make-up Designer |
| Heather Millington | Make-up Designer |
| Sam Print | Make-up Designer |
| Tom Urie | Composer |
| Mark Ash | 1st Assistant Director |
| Wendy Ashman | 1st Assistant Director |
| Amanda Black | 1st Assistant Director |
| David Boyd | 1st Assistant Director |
| Susan Clark | 1st Assistant Director |
| Helen Doherty | 1st Assistant Director |
| Tim Franklin | 1st Assistant Director |
| Dawn Harvey | 1st Assistant Director |
| Carol-Anne Henderson (as Carol Anne Henderson) | 1st Assistant Director |
| Brian Horsburgh | 1st Assistant Director |
| Morris Milne | 1st Assistant Director |
| Ted Mitchell | 1st Assistant Director |
| Fay Selby | 1st Assistant Director |
| Chantelle Stoffel | 1st Assistant Director |
| Kath Wishart | 1st Assistant Director |