Only an Excuse?

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1993 Hogmanay Special
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31, 1993
Jonathan Watson impersonates Scottish football's main characters of 1993, and the major talking points that occurred.
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1994 World Cup Special
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13, 1994
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.
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The Director's Cut
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31, 1994
A special episode where the best of the Only An Excuse? sketches are aired once more.
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1995 Hogmanay Special
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31, 1995
Jonathan Watson and co look back on the major talking points of Scottish football of 1995 in their own special way.
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1996 Hogmanay Special
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31, 1996
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.
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1997 Hogmanay Special
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31, 1997
Jonathan Watson and co take their own look back at events of Scottish football's 1997.
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1998 -75 Years Of BBC Scotland
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07, 1998
Scotland comedy team take at look back at BBC Scotland's football coverage of the last 75 years.
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1998 World Cup Special
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08, 1998
Jonathan Watson and Alistair McGowan take a look forward to the events that took Scotland to the 1998 World Cup tournament in France.
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1998 Hogmanay Special
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31, 1998
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.
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1999 Hogmanay Special
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31, 1999
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.
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2000 Hogmanay Special
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31, 2000
Jonathan Watson takes a look back at the Scottish footballing major events of the new millenium.
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2001 Hogmanay Special
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31, 2001
Jonathan Watson and co. take their own look at what happened in Scottish football in 2001.
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2002 Hogmanay Special
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31, 2002
Jonathan Watson takes his own personal look at the major talking points and figures from Scottish football from the year.
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2003 Hogmanay Special
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31, 2003
Jonathan Watson takes a look back at what happened in Scottish football from 2003, especially Celtic's UEFA cup run.
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2004 Hogmanay Special
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31, 2004
Jonathan Watson takes a look back at Scottish football's main talking points, mainly Henrik Larsson leaving Celtic.
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2005 Hogmanay Special
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31, 2005
Jonathan Watson and co. take a look back at what happened in Scottish football for this year, including the last day SPL title drama.
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2006 World Cup Special
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07, 2006
World Cup 2006 Special.
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2006 Hogmanay Special
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31, 2006
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.
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2007 Hogmanay Special
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31, 2007
Scotland's premier football comedy team take the mikey out of the talking points from 2007's SPL Year.
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2008 Hogmanay Special
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31, 2008
Scotland's premier football comedy team take their annual shot at the national obsession.
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2009 Hogmanay Special
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31, 2009
Scotland's premier football comedy team prepare to slide tackle the national obsession.
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2010 Hogmanay Special
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31, 2010
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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2011 Hogmany Special
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31, 2011
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 .. show full overview
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2012 Hogmanay Special
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31, 2012
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 .. show full overview
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2013 Hogmanay Special
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31, 2013
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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2014 Hogmanay Special
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31, 2014
Scotland's premier comedy team take a humorous look at the highs and lows of 2014.
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2015 Hogmanay Special
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31, 2015
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 .. show full overview
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2016 Hogmanay Special
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31, 2016
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.
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2017 Hogmanay Special
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31, 2017
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. .. show full overview
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2018 Hogmanay Special
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31, 2018
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 .. show full overview
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2019 Hogmanay Special
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31, 2019
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 .. show full overview
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2020 Hogmanay Special
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31, 2020
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 .. show full overview
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Best Of - Compilations: Episode 1
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11, 2021
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 .. show full overview
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Best Of - Compilations: Episode 2
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11, 2021
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 .. show full overview
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Best Of - Compilations: Episode 3
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11, 2021
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 .. show full overview
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Best Of - Compilations: Episode 4
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11, 2021
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 .. show full overview

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