The Culture Swally

Episode 111 - Playhouse (2020)

The Swally Spooktacular continues! On this episode we cover the 2020 film, Playhouse. In a remote Scottish castle, an irreverent writer faces terrifying consequences when his daughter falls prey to an evil curse lurking within the walls.
In the news we got for a naked swim in Moray, hear what Alan Cumming has been stashing in Glasgow, find out how a school janitor will spend his lottery win and meet a school bus driver who was doing something very inappropriate at the wheel.
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Episode 110 - Nothing But The Night (1973)

It’s October! So that means it’s time for The Swally Spooktacular! We are kicking off this year’s Spooktacular with a film from 1973 starring Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Diana Dors and Keith Baron, Nothing But The Night. Three trustees of the Van Traylen fund have died during the last few months in deaths looking like suicides. However, after a mysterious bus accident involving three other trustees and thirty orphan kids, Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing start investigating.
In the news a practical joke involving some crips goes wrong for one Glasgow man, we find an unexpected item in departures at Glasgow airport, we meet a smuggler who ran away and we also try out the latest water feature in Aberdeen. 
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Episode 109 - American Cousins (2003)

We’re joining the mafia on this episode of The Culture Swally, as we look at the 2003 film, American Cousins. Where two mafia members hide out with their Scottish cousin. They try to help him with a debt collector using violence, but their methods backfire. Their cover story unravels as the cousin recognises them as criminals.
In the news we discover how crafty prisoners have been able to play their Xbox with an ingenious heist, discuss the lager that Noel Gallagher calls the best in the world, debate the most drinkable biscuit and hear about the time The Krankies stayed in a brothel.
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Episode 108 - Two Doors Down (Series One) (2016)

We’re catching up with the residents of Latimer Crescent on this week’s episode as we look at the first series of the classic sitcom Two Doors Down. Starring; Alex Norton, Arabella Weir, Jonathan Watson, Don Mackichan and Elaine C Smith, the show revolves around a middle class Glasgow suburb and the interactions the neighbours have with each other.
In the news we find out what happened when 80’s comedian Bobby Davro wore the wrong colour jacket to a Scottish gig, celebrate the relaunch of a long lost Scottish soft drink, hear about the latest incarnation of a beloved Scottish sitcom, which has found a new format and yes…another Wonka update.
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Episode 107 - My Son (2021)

We’re off to the Highlands with James McAvoy, Claire Foy and Gary Lewis on this episode of The Swally as we look at the 2021 film, My Son. In the film, Edmond Murray (McAvoy) searches for answers deep in the Highlands after receiving a frantic call from his ex-wife that their seven-year-old son went missing from a campsite.
In the news we ponder the need for toastie insurance, discover who the good people at Reddit have crowned the ‘Greatest Ever Scot’, meet a man who’s Steak and Gravy pie cost him a little more than he bargained for and ponder purchasing a vampire hunter kit, decked out in tartan.
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Episode 106 - The Flying Scotsman (2006)

We’re cramming ourselves into lycra and polishing our helmets on this episode of The Culture Swally as we look at the 2006 film, The Flying Scotsman. Directed by Douglas Mackinnon, the film is based on the life and career of Scottish amateur cyclist Graeme Obree, covering the period that saw him take, lose, and then retake the world one-hour distance record. Starring Johnny Lee Miller, Laura Fraser, Billy Boyd, and Brian Cox.
In the news we have a laugh with some cows in Cowdenbeath, get a bit confused when we visit a very famous art gallery in Glasgow, ponder what to have for lunch after our plans get scuppered, meet a woman who was ghosted after getting matching tattoo’s and we attend the Cosmo Olympics. 
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Episode 105 - Doomsday (2008)

The end of the world as we know it? Nah, lets have a dance to the Fine Young Cannibals as we look at the 2008 film, from director Neil Marshall, Doomsday.
When a lethal virus spreads throughout Scotland, infecting millions and killing hundreds of thousands. To contain the threat, acting authorities brutally quarantine the country as it succumbs to fear and chaos. Three decades later, the Reaper virus violently resurfaces in London. An elite group of specialists, including Eden Sinclair, is urgently dispatched into Scotland to retrieve a cure by any means necessary.
In the news we discover which lucky residents have made it into the Paisley Walk of Fame, reminisce about the old days of Triple Kirks and Exodus in Aberdeen, meet a man who has a lovely way with words with his local housing association and take a trip down memory lane with some Scottish Primary School memories.
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Episode 104 - The Field of Blood (Series Two) (2013)

Back in May 2023 on episode 74 we looked at the first series of the adaptation of the Denise Mina novel The Field of Blood. So I thought it was time to look at the second and final series of the show.
Released in 2013, series two is set in 1984, two years after the events of the first series. Set against a backdrop of the miners’ strike and the changing face of 1980s journalism, Paddy Meehan now has her dream job as a news reporter working alongside George McVie. But all this changes with the arrival of new Editor-in-Chief, a no-nonsense woman in a man’s world, determined to bring the newspaper into the modern age - against editor Murray Devlin’s wishes.
In the news meet an upset American Taylor Swift fan who has evidently never been to a concert before, hear about an enterprising businessman who visit Germany, discover the smelliest city in Scotland and eat some cereal on a council zoom meeting.
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