The Culture Swally

Flamboyant Glasgow hairdresser, Crawford Mackinzie, gets a letter from the World Hairdresser International Federation inviting him to its prestigious annual contest in L.A. Yes, that’s right, it’s Craig Ferguson, it’s Drew Carey, it’s The Hoff, it’s The Big Tease!
In the news we catch up on some Tartan Army news in America, which sees a Miami Influencer try to keep up the pace with our boys and we have a premonition of a Boston Baby Boom in 2027. Back on home soil, we meet a man and his emotional support lizard and find out what a Master of the Universe had after a student night out in Glasgow.
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Scotland are still in the World Cup! Well, at least when this episode drops. It might be a different story when you start listening! But this episode, we are going back to 1985 and attending An Audience With Billy Connolly. Airing on ITV in 1985, the show features Billy, delivering his special brand of stand-up comedy in front of a celebrity audience.
In the news, we find out how Jonathan Watson became an SFA official, discover the origins of the Glasgow Kiss, tuck into a Nando’s with Scotland captain Andy Robertson and celebrate the wonderful Craig Ferguson (not that one).
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We’re off to the World Cup! Yes, Scotland are off to the 2026 World Cup, but in 1990, a few familiar faces jetted off to watch Scotland at Italia 90. In the 1991 Rab C. Nesbitt special, ‘Fitba’, Rab, Burney and Jamesie go to Italy, taking frail and elderly ex-soccer star Matt Fernie with them.
We have a news item about half and half abominations in Berwick, but before that, Nicky and Greg discuss their favourite Scotland strips from over the years, with a few classics and a few surprises!
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Yeah, that’s right. 2026. We can be current too! On this episode we look at the 2026 BBC drama Mint. Starring Sam Riley, Laura Fraser and Emma Laird, Mint is a darkly comic and unconventional drama about a crime family's inner life, told through the eyes of its daughter, who is searching for love.
In the news we delve into the history of the Original Hampden and then get our best ladders out to attend a festival in Edinburgh, have a rammy in a plant shop and turn yellow from drinking too much Sunny Delight!
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We’re not sure who is Dancin’ here, but it’s a Man and his name is Trevor. Yes, this week on the podcast we are looking at the 2003 film Man Dancin’ also known as Kerrigan’s Passion in some places. After serving a jail term, tough Jimmy Kerrigan returns to his derelict Glasgow quarter, wanting a better, legal life for himself and his loved-ones. Starring Alex Fearns, James Cosmo, Ron Donnachie and Kenneth Cranham, this is a passion project you don’t want to miss.
In the news, we join Wile E. Coyote doing some painting at the Clyde Tunnel, buy some t-shirts for a kid’s football team, catch a man having sex with a wheelie bin and discuss the end of the much loved, River City.
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Expect lots of bad language in this episode as Nicky and Greg look at the 2025 smash hit, I Swear. Starring Robert Aramayo, Maxine Peake and Peter Mullan and directed by Kirk Jones, the film is based on the true life story of John Davidson, a Scottish man with severe Tourette syndrome and his battles in life.
In the news we try and dodge some Angel Delight after it gets thrown at us, attend a screening of the latest Mario film with a musical instrument, visit one of Glasgow’s roughest pubs and get what we asked for and meet an American model who is baffled by some of our food.
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It can’t possibly be 30 years since 1996 can it? Can it? On this episode we look back at the 1996 classic Trainspotting, but we’re not so much discussing the film, but the impact it had on the both of us, on society, on music, on film, and how that legacy lives on 30 years later.
In the news, we travel to Orkney to load up on free bananas and then try to fly from Aberdeen to Glasgow, before travelling back to 1996 to remember when there was one team in Tallinn and meet a man born during the Big Snow in Dumfries.
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We’re getting up to no good whilst our husbands are away on this episode of the podcast as we look at the 1981 Play For Today, The Good Time Girls. Starring Phyllis Logan, Anne Kristen, Alexander Morton and Derek Anders, it tells the tale of Nancy and Ella who are two bored housewives starved of affection when their husbands are away on the oil rigs. 
In the news we visit the pop up Irn Bru tattoo parlour for some fresh ink, get a coats case adjourned by celebrating a non Scottish saint, get hyper drinking seven coffees in seven countries and get ejected from Dens Park for celebrating a goal!
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