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 Two
Andre Rieu fiddles away to showcase his Scottish football collection, Line Of Duty meets Taggart in the same police station, and Macca dons his whites for a tennis lesson from a national treasure. And, at the end of the day, Jim and Charlie discover you can never use too many clichés.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 18th February 2021
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- BBC Scotland
- Length
- 30 minutes
Upcoming repeats
- Friday 17th January 2025 at 10:30pm on BBC Scotland
- Tuesday 21st January 2025 at 11:30pm on BBC Scotland
Cast & crew
| Jonathan Watson | Various |
| Grant Smeaton | Ensemble Actor |
| Louise McCarthy | Ensemble Actor |
| Alex Norton | Ensemble Actor |
| Joy McAvoy | Ensemble Actor |
| Mark Cox | Ensemble Actor |
| Alistair McGowan | Ensemble Actor |
| Tony Roper | Ensemble Actor |
| Chinedu Igu | Ensemble Actor |
| Murray Davidson | Ensemble Actor |
| Hazel Irvine | Ensemble Actor |
| Lewis Macleod | Ensemble Actor |
| David Murray | Ensemble Actor |
| Judy Murray | Ensemble Actor |
| Sally Reid | Ensemble Actor |
| Wes Fargo | Writer |
| Stephen McLaughlin | Writer |
| Chuck Gayfield | Writer |
| Iain Davidson (as Noddy Davidson) | Writer |
| Rikki Brown | Writer |
| Brendan McGeever | Writer |
| Ginger Kidd | Writer |
| James Andrew | Writer |
| Greg Hemphill | Writer |
| Alistair McGowan | Writer |
| Donald Mcleary | Writer |
| Chris McQueer | Writer |
| James Doonan (as Doonan & Munroe) | Writer |
| Jim Walker | Writer |
| Colin Munro (as Doonan & Munroe) | 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 |
| Annette Gillies | Production Designer |
| Graham Rose | Production Designer |
| Denise Coombes | Costume Designer |
| Carole K. Fraser | Costume Designer |
| Yvonne Simpson | Costume Designer |
| 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 |
| 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 |