HeyJaredThe Culture Swally
Each episode we will take a look at some bizarre and humorous news stories from around Scotland and review a key piece of Scottish Pop Culture or Media from the last 40 years. So join us for a Swally on The Culture Swally!
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Episode 161 - The View From Daniel Pike (1973) (opens the original)
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We’ve been rearranging the furniture and checking out age appropriate ladies in wing mirrors this week as we look at an episode of the Roddy McMillan led Private Detective drama The View From Daniel Pike. We’re discussing the series two episode ‘The Pig In The Middle’ in which Pike is following a recently released prisoner…but who is following Pike?
Episode 160 - Schemers (2020) (opens the original)
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We’re putting on one hell of a gig in the latest episode of The Swally. We are heading back to 2020 this week as we look at the Dave Mclean film, Schemers. Davie starts promoting gigs in Dundee with two friends, leading to a hugely ambitious Iron Maiden show. Out of his depth and in debt with gangster Fergie, Davie needs to pull off the biggest scheme of his life.
Episode 159 - The Bevellers (1974) (opens the original)
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It’s a Play for Today kind of episode as we look at the 1974 play, The Bevellers. Written by and starring Roddy McMillan, The Bevellers follows 16-year-old Norrie as he begins his first day in a Glasgow glass factory, learning from the ground up. But a series of increasingly violent confrontations lead him to question his future in the trade.
Episode 158 - Postmortem (1998) (opens the original)
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There’s a serial killer on the rampage in Glasgow, who better to catch him than actor Charlies Sheen in his Lotus? Yes, on this episode of The Swally we are looking at the 1998 classic directed by Albert Pyun, Postmortem. Starring Charles Sheen, Gary Lewis, Stephen McCole, Dave Anderson and Michael Halsey, are the tales of Charlie in Glasgow more memorable than the film itself?
Episode 157 - Wedding Belles (2007) (opens the original)
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Here comes the bride, with murder in her mind…yes on this episode of the podcast we are heading back to 2007 to look at the TV movie, Wedding Belles, a darkly-humorous look at the lives and loves of four women, each with her own story. Starring Michelle Gomez, Shirley Henderson, Shauna Macdonald and Kathleen McDermott, the TV movie was written by Dean Cavanagh and Irvine Welsh.
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