Episode 30 - The Legend of Barney Thomson (2015)

We’ve had a short back and sides on The Swally this week as we discuss the 2015 film ‘The Legend of Barney Thomson’. Starring Robert Carlyle in his directorial debut and based on the 1999 book ‘The Long Midnight of Barney Thomson’ by author Douglas Lindsay.

 

Also starring Emma Thompson and Ray Winstone, set in Glasgow, the film centres around 50-year-old Barney Thomson, who works at Henderson's Barbers in Bridgeton and lives a life of desperate mediocrity. Barney's uninteresting life is turned upside down when he enters the grotesque and comically absurd world of a serial killer after accidentally killing his boss Wullie.

 

We also discuss the untold pleasures of a pint of Tennent’s Lager, food tattoos, find the Scottish version of Flipper, hear about an interesting Pot Noodle alibi and ponder a VHS revival.

 

So join us for a Swally, on The Culture Swally

 

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