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Anthropologist Andrew Merron introduces two Jacobite soldiers from 1745 to therapy.

Anthropologist Andrew Merron introduces two Jacobite soldiers from 1745 to therapy. Stars Jack Docherty. From September 2011.

Written by multi award-winning writer Carl Gorham, creator of cult TV animation show "Stressed Eric", the series explores what happens when two Jacobite soldiers from 1745 are found alive and well in a cave in Perthshire and have to be integrated into modern Scottish society by English academic Andrew Merron. 

Friction between the two Jacobite soldiers comes to a head and results in a bust-up with broadswords. This prompts anthropologist Andrew Merron to introduce them to the modern world of therapy. The two soldiers can't agree who should have therapy first; they can't even agree how they should decide who should have therapy first. It is only when they are forced to live separately, with a dreary cousin of Merron's and his fussy Uncle that Rab and Macdonald start to realise each other's true merits. 

Cast: 
Andrew Merron......................David Haig
Denise Merron..................Rebecca Front
Rab /Therapist....................................Jack Docherty
Macdonald/Uncle Jed........................Gordon Kennedy 
Dougie / Waiter ......Moray Hunter
Keef Van Leer ..... Carl Gorham


Producer: Gordon Kennedy
An Absolutely production for BBC Radio 4.

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Comedy by Carl Gorham. Two Jacobite soldiers from 1745 are found in modern day Scotland

Comedy series by Carl Gorham exploring what happens when two Jacobite soldiers from 1745 are found alive and well in a cave in Perthshire and have to be integrated into modern Scottish society

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