The Culture Swally

Episode 144 - Coldwater (2025)

It’s our first proper episode of 2026! Have you missed us? This week we are heading to the sleepy town of Coldwater to join Andrew Lincoln, Ewen Bremner, Eve Myles and a whole host of Swally Favourites. John moves his family to a rural town and befriends neighbour Tommy, who is hiding dark secrets. John's fascination with Tommy grows as wife Fiona becomes suspicious, leading to dangerous unraveling of hidden truths and repressed anger.
In the news we meet a couple of lads, who just want to quietly pleasure themselves in their cars, but get into a spot of bother, hear about a Scotsman who has gotten into a bit of trouble in Qatar, but his fellow countrymen haven’t been very sympathetic and attend a K-Flop concert in Aberdeen.   
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Episode 143 - Best of the News 2025 (2025)

It’s our Best of the News 2025 special! Yes, that’s right, Nicky and Greg are being lazy and having an extra week off for the festive season, so have put together a clip show of our favourite news stories from 2025.
Join us as we reminisce about Prince William and his love for Boat Trip, have a karaoke session with Road Stewart at Kwik-Fit, have onions thrown at us, visit a clinic to check on our bits, steal some cat food, meet Scotland’s tea king and much, much more.
 
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Episode 142 - Billy and Albert (1987)

Merry Christmas! It’s technically our Hogmanay episode, even though it’s a week early…just go with it! On this episode, we go back to 1987 to look at the Billy Connolly special filmed at the Royal Albert Hall…Billy and Albert!
In the news we get banned from the Orange Order, visit a porn hotel in Scotland, hear about a Scottish football fan who hit the World Cup jackpot and discover the happiest place to live…and it’s not Aberdeen.
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Episode 141 - Lost At Christmas (2020)

It’s Christmas! So for our Christmas episode we are looking at the 2020 Scottish romantic comedy film, Lost at Christmas. Written and directed by Ryan Hendrick and starring Kenny Boyle, Natalie Clark, Sylvester McCoy, Sanjeev Kohli, Clare Grogan and Frazer Hines. Lost at Christmas tells the tale of two strangers, stranded in the Scottish Highlands on Christmas Eve who team up to try and get home to Glasgow in time for Christmas.
In the news we celebrate Scotland reaching the World Cup Finals by getting new tattoo’s and carefully checking our travel requirements for the big tournament! We also meet a woman who faked her own death but managed to complete her Park Run and we apply for the position that we’re really not qualified for. 
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Episode 140 - Two Doors Down (Series Three) (2018)

We’re back in Latimer Crescent in this episode of The Swally as we look at series three of the classic, Two Doors Down. We find out what Beth, Eric, Colin, Cathy and Christine have been up to and meet Ian’s new partner, Gordon. Starring Alex Norton, Arabella Weir, Elaine C Smith, Jonathan Watson and Doon Mackican, the show started with a one off special in 2013 and developed into a series in 2016.
In the news we find out how our English overlords are stopping us from keeping the draughts out, take our dogs to the football, read some of Scotland’s banned books and get offended by a Christmas Card in Tesco.
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Episode 139 - Tornado (2025)

We’re off to 1790 in the latest episode of The Swally as we look at the 2025 film, Tornado. Starring Tim Roth, Jack Lowden and Kôki, the film follows a Japanese puppeteer's daughter, who gets caught up with criminals when their show crosses paths with a crime gang.
In the news we get our kilts on and have a swally of Buckfast with Jimmy Fallon, drive a blood soaked car to Hobbycraft and kick out some TERF’s and Tories, twerk in front of Martin Compston and we attend the annual Cosmo Halloween bash!
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Episode 138 - Black Mirror - Loch Henry (2023)

It’s time for The Swally Spooktacular! And this year we are off to Loch Henry to join Davis and Pia making a nice film about an egg man. Not really. Loch Henry is the second episode of the sixth series of Black Mirror and follows a young couple who travel to a sleepy Scottish town to start work on a genteel nature documentary - but find themselves drawn to a juicy local story involving shocking events of the past.
In the news we head off to Orkney to meet some stoats, before stopping off at Millport beach to stock up on some sex toys. After that, we visit a Rangers pub, which has a very bad smell and impress the locals with some forgotten Glasgow words.
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Episode 137 - Whisky Galore! (1949)

Break out the drams as we cover the oldest piece of Scottish media we’ve ever looked at on The Culture Swally, it’s time for Whisky Galore! When a Scottish island falls prey to a whisky shortage, the islanders are desolate. But when by chance a ship is sunk with a cargo of 50,000 cases of whisky, they see their salvation. But first they must outwit the English Home Guard commander who is determined to protect the cargo at all costs.
In the news we finally catch up with a African Tribe staking their claim on Scottish land and tempt them with some Spuds that are Nae Bad. Also, we have an update on the new Highlander film and we get a shock whilst shopping in Aldi and are not amused!
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