Only an Excuse?

Dec 31, 1993 · 30m

Jonathan Watson impersonates Scottish football's main characters of 1993, and the major talking points that occurred.

Jun 13, 1994 · 30m

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.

Dec 31, 1994 · 30m

A special episode where the best of the Only An Excuse? sketches are aired once more.

Dec 31, 1995 · 30m

Jonathan Watson and co look back on the major talking points of Scottish football of 1995 in their own special way.

Dec 31, 1996 · 30m

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.

Dec 31, 1997 · 30m

Jonathan Watson and co take their own look back at events of Scottish football's 1997.

Jun 8, 1998 · 30m

Jonathan Watson and Alistair McGowan take a look forward to the events that took Scotland to the 1998 World Cup tournament in France.

Dec 31, 1998 · 30m

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.

Dec 31, 1999 · 30m

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.

Dec 31, 2000 · 30m

Jonathan Watson takes a look back at the Scottish footballing major events of the new millenium.

Dec 31, 2001 · 30m

Jonathan Watson and co. take their own look at what happened in Scottish football in 2001.

Dec 31, 2002 · 30m

Jonathan Watson takes his own personal look at the major talking points and figures from Scottish football from the year.

Dec 31, 2003 · 30m

Jonathan Watson takes a look back at what happened in Scottish football from 2003, especially Celtic's UEFA cup run.

Dec 31, 2004 · 30m

Jonathan Watson takes a look back at Scottish football's main talking points, mainly Henrik Larsson leaving Celtic.

Dec 31, 2005 · 30m

Jonathan Watson and co. take a look back at what happened in Scottish football for this year, including the last day SPL title drama.

Dec 31, 2008 · 30m

Scotland's premier football comedy team take their annual shot at the national obsession.

Dec 31, 2009 · 30m

Scotland's premier football comedy team prepare to slide tackle the national obsession.

May 7, 1998 · 30m

Scotland comedy team take at look back at BBC Scotland's football coverage of the last 75 years.

Jun 7, 2006 · 30m

World Cup 2006 Special.

Dec 31, 2010 · 30m

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.

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Dec 31, 2011 · 30m

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.

Dec 31, 2012 · 30m

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.

Dec 31, 2013 · 30m

Scotland's premier comedy team take their annual flying header at events that have made the headlines both on and off the pitch.

Dec 31, 2014 · 30m

Scotland's premier comedy team take a humorous look at the highs and lows of 2014.

Dec 31, 2015 · 30m

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.

Dec 31, 2016 · 30m

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.

Dec 31, 2017 · 30m

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.

Dec 31, 2018 · 30m

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

Dec 31, 2019 · 30m

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.

Dec 31, 2020 · 30m

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.

Feb 11, 2021 · 30m

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.

Feb 11, 2021 · 30m

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.

Feb 11, 2021 · 30m

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.

Feb 11, 2021 · 30m

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.