The Culture Swally

Mar 05 2025 123 ep. 98 mins 35
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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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Episode 121 - The Nightmare Man (1981)

Mar 05 2025 120 mins  
We are getting some Sci-Fi action this week on the podcast as we join Patron Saint of The Culture Swally, James Cosmo, Maurice Roëves, Celia Imrie, Tom Watson and Reg Hollis from The Bill on an isolated Scottish island. The population of the island is gripped by fear following a series of savage murders and the discovery of a strange craft on the local beach.

Episode 120 - Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (2002)

Feb 19 2025 93 mins  
It’s a semi serious one this week as we look at the 2002 Danish and Scottish collaborated film, Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself. Starring Jamie Sives, Adrian Rawlins, Shirley Henderson and Mads Mikkelsen, this gentle, romantic drama is a must watch. The chronically suicidal Wilbur, and his good-hearted big brother, Harbour, are in their thirties when, their father dies and leaves th

Episode 119 - Dear Green Place (Series One) (2007)

Feb 05 2025 96 mins  
We’re off to the park on this episode as we look at the first series of the 2007 comedy Dear Green Place. Written by and starring Paul Riley and featuring Ford Keirnan, Dear Green Place follows the parks department in Glasgow and the hijinks that go with it.

Episode 118 - Takin' Over the Asylum (1994)

Jan 22 2025 134 mins  
It’s our first proper episode of 2025! Join us as we discuss the 1994 classic, Takin’ Over the Asylum. A six-part BBC Scotland television drama about a radio station in a Glasgow psychiatric hospital. The show follows a double glazing salesman Eddie McKenna (Ken Stott) who re-establishes a radio station at St Jude’s, with patients as its presenters and volunteers, notably Cam

Episode 117 - Best of the News 2024 (2024)

Jan 08 2025 126 mins  
It’s our Best of the News 2024 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 2024. Join us as we reminisce about Gordon Ramsay’s Scottish Breakfast Burger, attend a Burns Night in prison, get flashed in a chip shop, battle XL Gullies, stick Kin

Episode 116 - Chewin' The Fat (1999)

Dec 25 2024 108 mins  
It’s Hogmanay! (Well, it will be) so what better way to spend the evening than with Ford and Greg as we look at the classic Scottish sketch show, Chewin’ The Fat. We’ll be catching up with Jack and Victor, The Lighthouse Keepers, The Banter Boys, The Big Man and Ronald Villiers among many others.

Episode 115 - Rab C. Nesbitt's Seasonal Greet (1988)

Dec 11 2024 114 mins  
It’s Christmas! So what better way to celebrate than with the man himself, Rab C. Nesbitt. First shown on BBC Scotland in 1988, Rab C. Nesbitt’s Seasonal Greet follows the hard drinking Govan resident in his attempts to boycott Christmas and the festive period. But Mary, Gash, Burnie and then Jamsie deliver the ultimate betrayal.

Episode 114 - Shoot For The Sun (1986)

Nov 27 2024 95 mins  
Edinburgh. The 80’s. Heroin. Jimmy Nail. Spot the odd one out! This week on The Swally we are looking the 1986 classic from Peter McDougall, Shoot for the Sun. Starring Jimmy Nail, Brian Cox, Billy McColl and a whole host of Scottish talent. Set in the bleak backdrop of Edinburgh a low level drug dealer strives for making a living and surviving the natural elements of such an env

Episode 113 - Damaged (2024)

Nov 13 2024 105 mins  
Samuel L. Jackson? In Edinburgh? In a film with Brian McCardie, Brian Pettifer, John Hannah, Kate Dickie and Elaine C. Smith? That sound like a job for The Culture Swally. This week we are covering the 2024 thriller, Damaged. It follows Chicago-based detective Dan Lawson, who investigates a series of serial killings in Scotland alongside Glen Boyd and his ex partner, Walter Bravo.

Episode 112 - The Lair of the White Worm (1988)

Oct 30 2024 115 mins  
Happy Halloween! The Swally Spooktacular comes to a close for another year and do we have a treat for you! On this episode we are looking at the 1988 Ken Russell film, The Lair of The White Worm. Starring; Hugh Grant, Peter Capaldi, Stratford Johns and Amanda Donohoe. When an archaeologist uncovers a strange skull in a foreign land, the residents of a nearby town begin to disappear