Thursday Jan 25, 2024
Episode 92 - Tutti Frutti (1987)
The Culture Swally
Celebrating the best of Scottish film and TV shows. Each episode we will take a look at some bizarre and funny news stories from Scotland and review one of our favourite Scottish films and TV shows. So join us for a Swally, on The Culture Swally!
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Thursday Jan 11, 2024
Thursday Jan 11, 2024
It’s our Best of the News 2023 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 2023.
Join us as we hear about a woman who had her eyebrows blown off, a woman who has a very nosy neighbour and have a sing song with the lads in Saughton Prison. We also meet a man who likes dressing up his sex doll, find out the top holiday destination among Scots and join Michael Gove on the dance-floor for a boogie.
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Thursday Dec 28, 2023
Thursday Dec 28, 2023
Happy Hogmanay! Yes, it’s our Hogmanay episode on The Culture Swally and we’re covering a Scottish institution. We are looking at the 1999 episode of the wonderful Jonathan Watson show, Only An Excuse? Taking a look at the good and bad of Scottish football with a whole host of characters including; Sir Alex Ferguson, Chick Young, Frank McAvennie, Graeme Souness, Dick Advocaat and Sir Kenny Dalglish.
Only An Excuse? 1999 is available on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGNNkGIwY_Q
In the news we discover yet another celebrity that has appeared in a strange place, hear about how Kevin Bridges was involved in a home wrecking, meet a stalker who jumped into a loch and hear about a drunken man who slept on the wrong sofa. Oh and we discuss what happens at James Cosmo’s Hogmanay party. You won’t want to miss that!
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Thursday Dec 14, 2023
Thursday Dec 14, 2023
It’s The Swally Christmas Special! This week we take a look at one of the more bizarre Scottish items set at Christmas as we join Robbie Coltrane in 1992’s The Bogie Man. Following a mental patient who believes he is Humphrey Bogart when he escapes from his institution and sets about solving a case around Glasgow.
The Bogie Man is available on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4iG3XsaN1E
In the news we find out what Neil Lennon has been up to recently, meet a woman from Aberdeen with a large collection of tattoo’s, catch up with our old friend Dazza to find out what Scottish delicacy he has sent into space and hear about a hotel that has banned a popular item this Christmas.
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Thursday Nov 30, 2023
Thursday Nov 30, 2023
It’s Saint Andrews Day! So to celebrate the patron saint of Scotland we’re featuring something starring the patron saint of The Swally, James Cosmo, as we look at 2018’s Outlaw King. Directed by David Mackenzie, and set in Scotland during the 14th century, it follows the Scottish King Robert the Bruce who starts a rebellion against the English empire after the fall of William Wallace and leads his small group of fighters in a battle against the much larger & better equipped English cavalry.
In the news we hear about another haunted doll, meet a woman who has a strange use for carrots, hear about a randy couple who enjoyed a hole in one at St Andrews and discover a sinister knitting group in a Falkirk library.
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Thursday Nov 16, 2023
Thursday Nov 16, 2023
On this episode of The Swally, we’re going back to 1979, as we look at the BBC adaptation of John Byrne’s, The Slab Boys. Taking place in the Slab Room of a carpet manufacturer in Paisley, the play follows the antics of Slab Boys Phil, Spanky and Hector as they try to scrape through life in the 50s. Starring Gerard Kelly, Billy McColl, Joseph McKenna and Tom Watson, Slab Boys is available to watch on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EfSkd2Ao_I
In the news we visit a new holiday designation that is a must visit for Scots, hear about the secret drinking dens of Glasgow in the olden days, ponder if a WWE Superstar is correct and all Scottish women sound like Shrek and lick our lips over Brian Cox’s favourite Scottish foods.
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Thursday Nov 02, 2023
Thursday Nov 02, 2023
It’s the annual Swally Spooktacular! On this episode we look at the 2014 horror film, Let Us Prey. Starring Liam Cunningham, Pollyanna Macintosh, Jonathan Watson, Bryan Larkin, Douglas Russell and Hanna Stanbridge amongst others, it tells the story of Rachel, a rookie cop about to begin her first shift in a Scottish police station in a small town. But when a mysterious stranger arrives in town, all hell breaks loose.
In the news we catch up with some Scottish Big Brother contestants from the past, get annoyed by a musician who’s been practicing his trumpet skills, meet a money saving witch who has been sticking pins in some uncomfortable places of her voodoo dolls and hear about a woman who’s dog upset her travel plans.
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Thursday Oct 19, 2023
Thursday Oct 19, 2023
On this episode of The Swally we are looking at series two of the Irvine Welsh written adaptation of Crime. Starring Dougray Scott, Joanna Vanderham and Ken Stott, series two picks up a few months after the events of series one. When one of Lennox’s former colleagues is attacked, Lennox and Drummond quickly realise that all is not as it seems as they become embroiled in a case about vengeance, identity and social justice.
In the news we meet a pensioner who gave his neighbours a bit of an eyeful when out in his garden, hear about how England is trying to steal one of Scotland’s cultural icons, argue over 11 things Scottish people argue about and hear about a cheeky delivery driver, who fancied a nibble.
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Thursday Oct 05, 2023
Thursday Oct 05, 2023
We’re back in Maryhill on this episode as we look at the classic Taggart episode ‘Nest of Vipers’. In this case, the discovery of two skulls at a building site causes DCI Jim Taggart to re-open a missing person enquiry from four years earlier. As an university professor begins to reconstruct the faces of the murder victims, a batch of poisonous snakes and spiders are stolen from a Glasgow biotech company, and are then used in a bizarre killing spree. Is the killer trying to cover up his crimes, and can Taggart, Jardine and Reid crack the case before more people die? Starring Mark McManus, James Macpherson, Blythe Duff and a very young Dougray Scott
In the news we meet a pensioner who is auditioning for Baywatch, hear about a spooky child pervert who invaded a hen party, have an update on ’90’s band The Fun Lovin’ Criminals and discover a Scottish pop star in a chip wrapper.
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The Culture Swally
Celebrating the best of Scottish film and TV shows. Each episode we will take a look at some bizarre and funny news stories from Scotland and review one of our favourite Scottish films and TV shows. So join us for a Swally, on The Culture Swally!