| 词条 | Only an Excuse? |
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| show_name = Only an Excuse? | image = | image_alt = | caption = | genre = Sketch | creator = Philip Differ | writer = | developer = | starring = Jonathan Watson | theme_music_composer = | opentheme = | endtheme = | country = Scotland | language = English/Scottish | num_seasons = | num_episodes = 32 | list_episodes = | producer = Philip Differ | executive_producer = | location = Scotland | camera = | runtime = 30 minutes | network = BBC One Scotland | channel = | picture_format = 3 (1993–1998) 9 (1999–present) | audio_format = | first_run = | released = | first_aired = {{Start date|1993|12|31|df=y}} | last_aired = present | preceded_by = Scotch and Wry | followed_by = | website = }} Only an Excuse? is an annual Scottish comedy sketch show that airs on BBC One Scotland 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 "stereotypical" Old Firm fan. HistoryOnly an Excuse? was first broadcast as a one-off special on BBC Radio Scotland, prior to the 1987 Scottish Cup Final. It was a parody of the five-part BBC Scotland television documentary Only a Game?,[1] which had aired in Scotland prior to the 1986 World Cup Finals and comprehensively documented the history of Scottish football. The documentary was narrated by Scottish novelist William McIlvanney.[2] Jonathan Watson expertly mimicked McIlvanney's distinctive voice as narrator of the radio spoof. After further occasional radio specials including Only Another Excuse?, A Tale of Two Seasons, and Only a World Cup Excuse, all of which were released on cassette by BBC Scotland, the show switched to television in 1993, retaining its original double act of Rangers fan Watson and Celtic fan Tony Roper. The first episode replaced Rikki Fulton's long-running annual comedy sketch show Scotch and Wry in the Hogmanay television schedules. By 2018, 32 episodes had been aired.[3] The show has also been performed at the theatre, with the most recent performance of Only An Excuse? taking place at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall in September 2004. The scripts of the early theatre shows, written by Philip Differ, were published in the book Only an Excuse?: The Scripts by Mainstream Publishing in 1995. Spin-offsJonathan Watson appeared in a spin-off called Only a Wee Excuse on Tam Cowan's weekly Offside programme. Up until the last series, Watson's slot was a scaled-down version of the full show, but from the last series onward saw Watson appearing in the studio without costume to perform his impersonations (as in his theatre performances). Another noticeable difference is that Watson starts each segment in his own voice and sets the context and then ends again in his own voice saying "And that Tam was the week that wisnae". Watson featured in a sketch in the BBC's Children in Need 2008 telethon as Alex Ferguson being interviewed by Adrian Chiles. Regular cast
GuestsFigures from Scottish entertainment regularly appeared, as themselves. These included Kelly Dalglish, Catriona Shearer, Reevel Alderson, Jackie Bird, Kirsty Wark, Judy Murray and Muriel Gray. References1. ^"Scotzine.com - The Home of Scottish Football" 2. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/13195325.22_not_out__Only_An_Excuse_is_the_perfect_Hogmanay_parody/ |title=22 not out: Only An Excuse is the perfect Hogmanay parody |work=The Herald |location=Glasgow |date=30 December 2014 |accessdate=13 August 2016}} 3. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/only_an_excuse/|title=Only An Excuse?|last=|first=|date=|website=British Comedy Guide|language=en-GB|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=5 January 2019}} External links
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