An entertainment for St Andrew's Day:
An irreverent look at the Scots by the Scots.
"St Andrew's Day is all too often an excuse for the Scots to congratulate themselves uncritically for inventing television, exploring Africa, creating Whisky and beating the English at Bannockburn."
Tonight, for a change, two Scots - actor Iain Cuthbertson and writer Cliff Hanley - use a mixture of fact and fantasy to explore the nature of the Scot with all the myths, pretensions and hang-ups.
"Because you are limited in your drinking hours, people drink so much, but you don't really ever have intelligent conversation. Everybody gets so high, you can't even talk." (Cy Grant)
"There's a trace of devilry in the average young Scot that makes him into a good soldier - he'll always have a go." (Lt-Col C. Mitchell, MP)
"I remember when I was at night in my bed, just going to sleep and hearing the drunks outside roaring up the street - but what were they roaring? 'O for a closer walk with God'" (Andrew Cruickshank)
From Scotland
(Take an unlikely pair of Scots: p 17)