The Hit List
Music quiz in which contestants try to recognise as many hit songs and artists as possible, under intense pressure.
Music quiz in which contestants try to recognise as many hit songs and artists as possible, under intense pressure.
Dick and Angel Strawbridge help families across the UK tackle their design and DIY dilemmas, with the help of their children Dorothy and Arthur
Frankie Boyle takes to the stage in his hometown of Glasgow in a stand-up show where he turns his unique eye on politics, controversial comedy and ageing.
Schooled in Fife, coming of age in a rock ’n’ roll band, then finding her forte was directing temperamental actors, Cora Bissett is no stranger to theatrical Scottish swearing. So who better to present a celebration of Caledonian cursing?
This documentary sees Cora sing, swear and scrutinise why Scotland swears so well. Cora begins with the first hurdle – how does one discuss swear words on the BBC? Aunty Beeb is the institution that has been historically priggish about language – always bleeping words and apologising for those that slipped through. So Cora runs a list past BBC Scotland’s head of editorial standards to see what she can get away with.
She then joins a sociolinguistics class at Glasgow University to understand why swearing offends – are the words the problem, the context, the speakers or the meaning? Next up is a visit to the Scottish National Library in Edinburgh to see William Dunbar’s epic poem The Flyting of Dunbar and Kennedie, which contains the first recorded use of the F-word.
Cora takes a bleep-and-you’ll-miss-it tour of swearing in the past three centuries, from the Reformation to the early days of Scottish broadcasting, up to more recent times, where she reveals how comedian Billy Connolly got around the censors with his concert LPs. Pastor Jack Glass labelled Billy ‘manure mouth’, but folk loved Billy’s comedy and his albums were hugely successful.
When James Kelman won the Booker prize in 1994, his novel had over 4,000 F-words. We re-examine the controversy and reaction of the literary establishment in London, who called Kelman a ‘literary savage’.
In more recent times, social media has become the stage for Scottish swearing, and at last a linguist can analyse everyday speech. It turns out that the majority of swear words are not used in an insulting context but are just part of the salty way we speak.
Rylan Clark-Neal puts the next generation of chefs through their culinary paces.
Scotland’s premier football comedy team put on their shooting boots for a kick at the national obsession.
Comedy shadowing a typical family and their chaotic life. They say blood is thicker than water- and no-one is thicker than The Scotts.
Scot Squad character Chief Commissioner Cameron Miekelson sits down with political leaders in Scotland to ask questions ahead of the general election.
Nearly 50 years ago, in the unlikely setting of the British Aluminium plant in Falkirk, a group of around 20 workers put aside 15p a week from their wages to fund their other lives as film-makers. The Falkirk Cowboys tells the story of those men, their town and the impact of the films they made.
Rob Beckett hosts the quiz show where contestants must decide whether they can win the jackpot alone or need to headhunt other players to supplement their knowledge.
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