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 tomorrow at 10:30pm on BBC Scotland
Episode menu
Episode Four
Scotland boss Stevie Clarke comes to terms with actually qualifying for something, King Kenny appears in a biopic and deconstructs cinema and ace-pundit Charlie Nick compares the Scotland team to a selection of puddings. Elsewhere a respected TV travelogue veteran discovers the joys of a rail-replacement bus service in Ayrshire, the Professor answers the people's questions and a gonk washes-up on the beach in TV crime spoof Millport.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 4th March 2021
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- BBC Scotland
- Length
- 30 minutes
Upcoming repeats
- Tuesday 28th January 2025 at 11:30pm on BBC Scotland
- Friday 31st January 2025 at 10:30pm on BBC Scotland
Cast & crew
| Jonathan Watson | Various |
| Grant Smeaton | Ensemble Actor |
| Louise McCarthy | Ensemble Actor |
| Ryan Fletcher | Ensemble Actor |
| Clare Waugh | Ensemble Actor |
| James Young | Ensemble Actor |
| Joy McAvoy | Ensemble Actor |
| Mark Cox | Ensemble Actor |
| Alistair McGowan | Ensemble Actor |
| Geoff Boyz | Ensemble Actor |
| Laurie Ventry | Ensemble Actor |
| Muriel Gray | Ensemble Actor |
| Jordan Young | Ensemble Actor |
| Wes Fargo | Writer |
| John McGlade | Writer |
| Stephen McLaughlin | Writer |
| Andy Bollen | Writer |
| Chuck Gayfield | Writer |
| Rikki Brown | Writer |
| Keiron Nicholson | Writer |
| Alistair McGowan | Writer |
| James Doonan (as Doonan & Munroe) | Writer |
| Gus Beattie | Writer |
| Paul Riley | Writer |
| Colin Munro (as Doonan & Munroe) | Writer |
| Dominic Reynolds (as The Reynolds Brothers) | Writer |
| John Reynolds (as The Reynolds Brothers) | Writer |
| Iain Davidson | Director |
| Ron Bain | Director |
| Philip Differ | Producer |
| Ewan Angus | Executive Producer |
| Rab Christie | Executive Producer |
| Colin Gilbert | Executive Producer |
| Gavin Smith | Executive Producer |
| Gordon Miller | Editor |
| Lee McKellar | Editor |
| Laura Donnelly | Production Designer |
| Iain McDonald | Production Designer |
| Paul Farrow | Costume Designer |
| Katherine Hyland | Costume Designer |
| Brian Jobson | Director of Photography |
| Jacqui Mallett | Make-up Designer |
| Suzanne Field | Production Designer |
| Annette Gillies | Production Designer |
| David Jennings | Production Designer |
| Graham Rose | Production Designer |
| Denise Coombes | Costume Designer |
| Carole K. Fraser | Costume Designer |
| Yvonne Simpson | Costume Designer |
| 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 |
| Heather Millington | Make-up Designer |
| Sam Print | Make-up Designer |
| Tim Franklin | 1st Assistant Director |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Kath Wishart | 1st Assistant Director |