Scotland In A Day
- TV comedy drama
- Channel 4
- 2014
- 1 episode
One-off half-hour mockumentary set on the day of the 2014 Scottish Independence referendum. Stars John Hannah, Brian Cox, Jack Docherty, Doon Mackichan, Kayvan Novak and more.
Press clippings
While BBC One (10.35pm) and ITV (10.40pm) devote themselves to the serious business of the referendum results, Channel 4 has something more playful under its kilt, a somewhat scrappy mockumentary following Yes voters and Unionists flocking towards the booths with "the tools of democracy: a pencil and a wee bit of string". Mark (John Hannah) can't make up his mind: David Bowie thinks we're better together, he notes. "But can you trust Bowie? He did Space Oddity, but he also did that other shite with glass spiders as well..."
Ali Catterall, The Guardian, 18th September 2014Scotland in a Day, TV review
You've heard the British nations compared to a divorcing couple, but you haven't this pop cultural twist: "The wife's sister's smashed us in the face with a handbag and when that happens, I tell you, it's time to get out of the lift."
Ellen E Jones, The Independent, 18th September 2014Channel 4 to air Scottish independence mockumentary
Channel 4 is to screen Scotland In A Day, a one-off mockumentary tied to the Scottish Independence poll. You can be in it too.
British Comedy Guide, 13th August 2014