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The soldiers learn that pitching shows is difficult and that it is never a good idea.

Introduced to TV, the two Jacobites learn pitching shows is difficult and not a good idea. Stars David Haig. From October 2011.

The last episode in the present series of Carl Gorham's culture clash comedy. With his marriage under severe strain, Andrew Merron introduces the Jacobites to the world of television. He attempts to turn the radio show he is making into a TV series and is on the verge of a deal when the executive in charge accidentally insults the scots and they attack him with his own Bafta. A depressed Merron then finds his wife has left him and hits the bottle, introducing the men to the ways of modern self -pity. The picture looks hopeless till Merron finds help from an unlikely source. 

Cast:
Andrew Merron......................David Haig
Denise Merron..................Rebecca Front
Rab ....................................Jack Docherty
Macdonald........................Gordon Kennedy
David Roberts ...... Nicholas Burns


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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