Alistair McGowan
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Only an Excuse?
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Episode 130 min1993-12-31
1993 Hogmanay Special
Jonathan Watson impersonates Scottish football's main characters of 1993, and the major talking points that occurred.
Episode 230 min1994-06-13
1994 World Cup Special
Jonathan Watson pokes fun at the Home Nations football teams - Scotland, Northern Ireland, England and Wales - for failing to qualify for that year's World Cup tournament in the USA.
Episode 330 min1994-12-31
The Director's Cut
A special episode where the best of the Only An Excuse? sketches are aired once more.
Episode 430 min1995-12-31
1995 Hogmanay Special
Jonathan Watson and co look back on the major talking points of Scottish football of 1995 in their own special way.
Episode 530 min1996-12-31
1996 Hogmanay Special
Jonathan Watson impersonates some of Scottish football's important figures from the year, and takes a look back at Scotland's performance during Euro 1996.
Episode 630 min1997-12-31
1997 Hogmanay Special
Jonathan Watson and co take their own look back at events of Scottish football's 1997.
Episode 730 min1998-06-08
1998 World Cup Special
Jonathan Watson and Alistair McGowan take a look forward to the events that took Scotland to the 1998 World Cup tournament in France.
Episode 830 min1998-12-31
1998 Hogmanay Special
Jonathan Watson takes his own look back at the major talking points of Scottish footballing in 1998, especially the World Cup tournament held in France.
Episode 930 min1999-12-31
1999 Hogmanay Special
Jonathan Watson looks back at the year's Scottish footballing events, and looks forward to see what Scottish football will look like in the new millennium.
Episode 1030 min2000-12-31
2000 Hogmanay Special
Jonathan Watson takes a look back at the Scottish footballing major events of the new millenium.
Episode 1130 min2001-12-31
2001 Hogmanay Special
Jonathan Watson and co. take their own look at what happened in Scottish football in 2001.
Episode 1230 min2002-12-31
2002 Hogmanay Special
Jonathan Watson takes his own personal look at the major talking points and figures from Scottish football from the year.
Episode 1330 min2003-12-31
2003 Hogmanay Special
Jonathan Watson takes a look back at what happened in Scottish football from 2003, especially Celtic's UEFA cup run.
Episode 1430 min2004-12-31
2004 Hogmanay Special
Jonathan Watson takes a look back at Scottish football's main talking points, mainly Henrik Larsson leaving Celtic.
Episode 1530 min2005-12-31
2005 Hogmanay Special
Jonathan Watson and co. take a look back at what happened in Scottish football for this year, including the last day SPL title drama.
Episode 1830 min2008-12-31
2008 Hogmanay Special
Scotland's premier football comedy team take their annual shot at the national obsession.
Episode 1930 min2009-12-31
2009 Hogmanay Special
Scotland's premier football comedy team prepare to slide tackle the national obsession.
Episode 2030 min1998-05-07
1998 -75 Years Of BBC Scotland
Scotland comedy team take at look back at BBC Scotland's football coverage of the last 75 years.
Episode 2130 min2006-06-07
2006 World Cup Special
World Cup 2006 Special.
Episode 2230 min2010-12-31
2010 Hogmanay Special
Football, football, wherefore art thou football? Scotland's premier comedy team provides the answer as they return to take another flying header at the beautiful game.
Episode 2330 min
Only An Excuse Live 1993
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Episode 2430 min
Only An Excuse Live 1994
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Episode 2530 min
Only An Excuse Live 1995
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Episode 2630 min
Only An Excuse Live 1996
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Episode 2730 min
Only An Excuse Live 1997
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Episode 2830 min
1994 Hogmanay Special
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Episode 2930 min2011-12-31
2011 Hogmany Special
Another year, another opportunity for Jonathan Watson and his handpicked squad to look back at the events that shaped football in 2011 and have a right good kick at them in the process.
Episode 3030 min2012-12-31
2012 Hogmanay Special
Only an Excuse? starring Jonathan Watson. A half-hour selection of sketches gleefully putting the boot into the events of 2012. The team look back on a year of golden moments, dire predictions and the fickle fortunes of Scottish football. Featuring new faces, favourite characters and spot-on take-offs.
Episode 3130 min2013-12-31
2013 Hogmanay Special
Scotland's premier comedy team take their annual flying header at events that have made the headlines both on and off the pitch.
Episode 3630 min2014-12-31
2014 Hogmanay Special
Scotland's premier comedy team take a humorous look at the highs and lows of 2014.
Episode 3730 min2015-12-31
2015 Hogmanay Special
An irreverent Hogmanay homage to the highs and lows of 2015, starring Jonathan Watson. The team take a humorous look at the biggest stories and characters in Scottish football and beyond. Packed with sketches, take-offs, wind-ups, gags, spoofs, quickies and a familiar face or two.
Episode 3830 min2016-12-31
2016 Hogmanay Special
Jonathan Watson and the team take in the highs and lows of 2016. Featuring the biggest stories in Scottish football, popular culture, news, showbiz and the wider world.
Episode 3930 min2017-12-31
2017 Hogmanay Special
What a year it's been! So sit back and let Jonathan Watson and the team take 2017 apart. A hilarious Hogmanay look back at the past 12 months from a distinctively Scottish point of view. Mixing sketches, spoofs, quickies, one-liners and takeoffs. Featuring celebrated comic creations and brand new characters. Putting the spotlight on contemporary Scottish life and cheering everyone up, following the latest let-down from the national football team. A traditional Hogmanay tonic for the nation.
Episode 4030 min2018-12-31
2018 Hogmanay Special
Starring Jonathan Watson. With the final whistle about to blow on 2018, Scotland's premier comedy team get together for one last kick of the ball. Featuring sketches, spoofs, gags and comic characters putting the boot into the headlines that have dominated Scottish football and Scottish life over the past 12 months
Episode 4130 min2019-12-31
2019 Hogmanay Special
As 2019 rapidly approaches the final whistle, Scotland's premier comedy team line up for their annual kick of the ball. New signings join Jonathan in sketches, spoofs and comic characters that target not just the highs and lows of Scottish football but Scottish life too over the past 12 months. Starring Jonathan Watson with Alex Norton, Joy McAvoy and Louise McCarthy.
Episode 4230 min2020-12-31
2020 Hogmanay Special
Jonathan Watson leads a hilarious mix of classic sketches, popular characters, famous faces and up-to-date skits tackling 2020 from a footballing perspective. Featuring nostalgic recollections from guest stars, plus fresh material covering Scottish football and the world in general.
Episode 4330 min2021-02-11
Best Of - Compilations: Episode 1
Discover just why they are bouncing so high in the Celtic dugout and see how the Rangers gaffer chooses his team. 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. Find out the secrets of a Brechin pie and what the Thunbergs really get up to when Greta is away.
Episode 4430 min2021-02-11
Best Of - Compilations: Episode 2
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 cliches.
Episode 4530 min2021-02-11
Best Of - Compilations: Episode 3
Sir Fergie loses his cool with his goalie, Jim Spencey Spence quizzes a Scottish Olympic champion, and The Frankie Boy props up the bar to share memories that are so good he can barely remember them. Meanwhile, a top TV dating show comes to Glasgow to see if opposites really do attract.
Episode 4630 min2021-02-11
Best Of - Compilations: Episode 4
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.
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