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.

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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