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
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
Cast & crew
| Jonathan Watson | Various |
| Grant Smeaton | Ensemble Actor |
| Kirsty Wark | Self |
| Gerry McLaughlin | Ensemble Actor |
| Chris Forbes | Ensemble Actor |
| 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 |
| Tom Urie | Ensemble Actor |
| Fiona Wood | Ensemble Actor |
| Wes Fargo | Writer |
| John McGlade | Writer |
| Stephen McLaughlin | Writer |
| Chuck Gayfield | 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 |
| 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 |
| Ursula Cleary | Production 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 |
| Tom Urie | Composer |
| 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 |
| Chantelle Stoffel | 1st Assistant Director |
| Kath Wishart | 1st Assistant Director |