Ooh the Banter!

Overview

Jack Docherty brings together a jam-packed cast of comedians, actors and famous faces for a riotous celebration of Scotland's most valuable export – its sense of humour. Scotland is a small nation with a big funny bone. It's known the world over for self-deprecation, quick-witted patter and deadpan asides. But what makes it so funny? To find out the answer, this programme delves deep into the BBC Scotland archives to find a century’s worth of classic characters, catchphrases and comedy clips.

Directed by Jack Archer

Top cast

Jack Docherty

Presenter

Stanley Baxter

Self (archive footage)

Lex McLean

Self (archive footage)

Elaine C. Smith

Self (archive footage)

Alex Norton

Self (archive footage)

Karen Dunbar

Self (archive footage)

Lawrence Chaney

Self (archive footage)

Alan Cumming

Self (archive footage)

Forbes Masson

Self (archive footage)

Gregor Fisher

Self (archive footage)

Rikki Fulton

Self (archive footage)

Conor McCarron

Man in a Pub

Louise McCarthy

Self

Gayle Telfer Stevens

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Sarah Grant

Self

Brian Cox

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Katrina Allen

Self

Jim Smith

Self

Ford Kiernan

Self (archive footage)

Greg Hemphill

Self (Archive footage)

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