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BBC One 1993 - 1 season 12 Returning series

Only an Excuse?

1993 - 1 season 12

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Season 1

60 min

S0 · E1 · Dec 31, 1993

1993 Hogmanay Special Episode 1

Jonathan Watson impersonates Scottish football's main characters of 1993, and the major talking points that occurred.

60 min

S0 · E2 · Jun 13, 1994

1994 World Cup Special Episode 2

Jonathan Watson pokes fun at the Home Nations football teams - Scotland, Northern Ireland, England and Wales - for failing to qualify for that year's World Cup tournament in the USA.

60 min

S0 · E3 · Dec 31, 1994

The Director's Cut Episode 3

A special episode where the best of the Only An Excuse? sketches are aired once more.

60 min

S0 · E4 · Dec 31, 1995

1995 Hogmanay Special Episode 4

Jonathan Watson and co look back on the major talking points of Scottish football of 1995 in their own special way.

60 min

S0 · E5 · Dec 31, 1996

1996 Hogmanay Special Episode 5

Jonathan Watson impersonates some of Scottish football's important figures from the year, and takes a look back at Scotland's performance during Euro 1996.

60 min

S0 · E6 · Dec 31, 1997

1997 Hogmanay Special Episode 6

Jonathan Watson and co take their own look back at events of Scottish football's 1997.

60 min

S0 · E7 · Jun 8, 1998

1998 World Cup Special Episode 7

Jonathan Watson and Alistair McGowan take a look forward to the events that took Scotland to the 1998 World Cup tournament in France.

60 min

S0 · E8 · Dec 31, 1998

1998 Hogmanay Special Episode 8

Jonathan Watson takes his own look back at the major talking points of Scottish footballing in 1998, especially the World Cup tournament held in France.

60 min

S0 · E9 · Dec 31, 1999

1999 Hogmanay Special Episode 9

Jonathan Watson looks back at the year's Scottish footballing events, and looks forward to see what Scottish football will look like in the new millennium.

60 min

S0 · E10 · Dec 31, 2000

2000 Hogmanay Special Episode 10

Jonathan Watson takes a look back at the Scottish footballing major events of the new millenium.

60 min

S0 · E11 · Dec 31, 2001

2001 Hogmanay Special Episode 11

Jonathan Watson and co. take their own look at what happened in Scottish football in 2001.

60 min

S0 · E12 · Dec 31, 2002

2002 Hogmanay Special Episode 12

Jonathan Watson takes his own personal look at the major talking points and figures from Scottish football from the year.

60 min

S0 · E13 · Dec 31, 2003

2003 Hogmanay Special Episode 13

Jonathan Watson takes a look back at what happened in Scottish football from 2003, especially Celtic's UEFA cup run.

60 min

S0 · E14 · Dec 31, 2004

2004 Hogmanay Special Episode 14

Jonathan Watson takes a look back at Scottish football's main talking points, mainly Henrik Larsson leaving Celtic.

60 min

S0 · E15 · Dec 31, 2005

2005 Hogmanay Special Episode 15

Jonathan Watson and co. take a look back at what happened in Scottish football for this year, including the last day SPL title drama.

60 min

S0 · E16 · Dec 31, 2006

2006 Hogmanay Special Episode 16

Jonathan Watson takes a look back at what happened in Scottish football in 2006, including Scotland major revival and Celtic once again dominating Scottish football.

60 min

S0 · E17 · Dec 31, 2007

2007 Hogmanay Special Episode 17

Scotland's premier football comedy team take the mikey out of the talking points from 2007's SPL Year.

60 min

S0 · E18 · Dec 31, 2008

2008 Hogmanay Special Episode 18

Scotland's premier football comedy team take their annual shot at the national obsession.

60 min

S0 · E19 · Dec 31, 2009

2009 Hogmanay Special Episode 19

Scotland's premier football comedy team prepare to slide tackle the national obsession.

60 min

S0 · E20 · May 7, 1998

1998 -75 Years Of BBC Scotland Episode 20

Scotland comedy team take at look back at BBC Scotland's football coverage of the last 75 years.

60 min

S0 · E21 · Jun 7, 2006

2006 World Cup Special Episode 21

World Cup 2006 Special.

60 min

S0 · E22 · Dec 31, 2010

2010 Hogmanay Special Episode 22

Football, football, wherefore art thou football? Scotland's premier comedy team provides the answer as they return to take another flying header at the beautiful game.

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Only An Excuse Live 1993 Episode 23

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Only An Excuse Live 1994 Episode 24

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Only An Excuse Live 1995 Episode 25

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Only An Excuse Live 1996 Episode 26

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Only An Excuse Live 1997 Episode 27

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1994 Hogmanay Special Episode 28

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60 min

S0 · E29 · Dec 31, 2011

2011 Hogmany Special Episode 29

Another year, another opportunity for Jonathan Watson and his handpicked squad to look back at the events that shaped football in 2011 and have a right good kick at them in the process.

60 min

S0 · E30 · Dec 31, 2012

2012 Hogmanay Special Episode 30

Only an Excuse? starring Jonathan Watson. A half-hour selection of sketches gleefully putting the boot into the events of 2012. The team look back on a year of golden moments, dire predictions and the fickle fortunes of Scottish football. Featuring new faces, favourite characters and spot-on take-offs.

60 min

S0 · E31 · Dec 31, 2013

2013 Hogmanay Special Episode 31

Scotland's premier comedy team take their annual flying header at events that have made the headlines both on and off the pitch.

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Only An Excuse Live 1999 Episode 32

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Only An Excuse Live 2004 Episode 33

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Only an Excuse Live 2007 Episode 34

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Only an Excuse Live 2014 Episode 35

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60 min

S0 · E36 · Dec 31, 2014

2014 Hogmanay Special Episode 36

Scotland's premier comedy team take a humorous look at the highs and lows of 2014.

60 min

S0 · E37 · Dec 31, 2015

2015 Hogmanay Special Episode 37

An irreverent Hogmanay homage to the highs and lows of 2015, starring Jonathan Watson. The team take a humorous look at the biggest stories and characters in Scottish football and beyond. Packed with sketches, take-offs, wind-ups, gags, spoofs, quickies and a familiar face or two.

60 min

S0 · E38 · Dec 31, 2016

2016 Hogmanay Special Episode 38

Jonathan Watson and the team take in the highs and lows of 2016. Featuring the biggest stories in Scottish football, popular culture, news, showbiz and the wider world.

60 min

S0 · E39 · Dec 31, 2017

2017 Hogmanay Special Episode 39

What a year it's been! So sit back and let Jonathan Watson and the team take 2017 apart. A hilarious Hogmanay look back at the past 12 months from a distinctively Scottish point of view. Mixing sketches, spoofs, quickies, one-liners and takeoffs. Featuring celebrated comic creations and brand new characters. Putting the spotlight on contemporary Scottish life and cheering everyone up, following the latest let-down from the national football team. A traditional Hogmanay tonic for the nation.

60 min

S0 · E40 · Dec 31, 2018

2018 Hogmanay Special Episode 40

Starring Jonathan Watson. With the final whistle about to blow on 2018, Scotland's premier comedy team get together for one last kick of the ball. Featuring sketches, spoofs, gags and comic characters putting the boot into the headlines that have dominated Scottish football and Scottish life over the past 12 months

30 min

S0 · E41 · Dec 31, 2019

2019 Hogmanay Special Episode 41

As 2019 rapidly approaches the final whistle, Scotland's premier comedy team line up for their annual kick of the ball. New signings join Jonathan in sketches, spoofs and comic characters that target not just the highs and lows of Scottish football but Scottish life too over the past 12 months. Starring Jonathan Watson with Alex Norton, Joy McAvoy and Louise McCarthy.

55 min

S0 · E42 · Dec 31, 2020

2020 Hogmanay Special Episode 42

Jonathan Watson leads a hilarious mix of classic sketches, popular characters, famous faces and up-to-date skits tackling 2020 from a footballing perspective. Featuring nostalgic recollections from guest stars, plus fresh material covering Scottish football and the world in general.

28 min

S0 · E43 · Feb 11, 2021

Best Of - Compilations: Episode 1 Episode 43

Discover just why they are bouncing so high in the Celtic dugout and see how the Rangers gaffer chooses his team. Frankie Boy rocks up at the petrol station, King Kenny dispenses managerial advice on the golf course and Sir Fergie lectures on leadership at Harvard. Find out the secrets of a Brechin pie and what the Thunbergs really get up to when Greta is away.

28 min

S0 · E44 · Feb 11, 2021

Best Of - Compilations: Episode 2 Episode 44

Andre Rieu fiddles away to showcase his Scottish football collection, Line of Duty meets Taggart in the same police station, and Macca dons his whites for a tennis lesson from a national treasure. And, at the end of the day, Jim and Charlie discover you can never use too many cliches.

28 min

S0 · E45 · Feb 11, 2021

Best Of - Compilations: Episode 3 Episode 45

Sir Fergie loses his cool with his goalie, Jim Spencey Spence quizzes a Scottish Olympic champion, and The Frankie Boy props up the bar to share memories that are so good he can barely remember them. Meanwhile, a top TV dating show comes to Glasgow to see if opposites really do attract.

28 min

S0 · E46 · Feb 11, 2021

Best Of - Compilations: Episode 4 Episode 46

Scotland boss Stevie Clarke comes to terms with actually qualifying for something, King Kenny appears in a biopic and deconstructs cinema and ace-pundit Charlie Nick compares the Scotland team to a selection of puddings. Elsewhere a respected TV travelogue veteran discovers the joys of a rail-replacement bus service in Ayrshire, the Professor answers the people’s questions and a gonk washes-up on the beach in TV crime spoof Millport.

81 min

S0 · E47 · Jan 1, 2002

The Best Of Only An Excuse? Live! Episode 47

Only An Excuse? started life as a 'one-off' radio show and ended up a television institution. In between times it was a stage show that sold out theatres throughout Scotland. This collection of hilarious highlights, recorded at both the Pavilion and King's Theatres in Glasgow, represents the very best on-stage antics between 1993 and 1999.

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Only An Excuse? is an annual Scottish football comedy sketch show that airs each Hogmanay. Starring actor and comedian Jonathan Watson, the show features impressions of some of Scottish football's great characters such as Denis Law, Tommy Burns, Barry Ferguson, Sir Alex Ferguson, Frank McAvennie, Walter Smith and Graeme Souness, as well as caricatures of the "typical" Celtic and Rangers fan.

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Episode length 30 min · Country United Kingdom · Premiered December 31, 1993

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Premiered

December 31, 1993

Status

Returning series

Network

BBC One

Country

United Kingdom

Type

Scripted

Episode length

30 min

Original language

English

Languages

Spoken on screen

English

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