The satirical football-themed BBC comedy show Only An Excuse? is as much a Hogmanay tradition as singing Auld Lang Syne when the clocks strike midnight. Hosted by renowned comic and impressionist Jonathan Watson, a whole host of characters – many of them real life football stars he mercilessly skewers – are bought to Scottish television screens every year on 31st December.
This Scottish institution can now be celebrated not just north of the border but beyond and not just on New Year’s Eve! Arriving for the first time on DVD as one bumper collection in The Best of Only an Excuse? including all episodes from the last 10 years (2007 to 2016), as seen on the BBC.
We have 5 DVD Box Sets to give away!
The satirical football-themed BBC comedy show Only An Excuse? is as much a Hogmanay tradition as singing Auld Lang Syne when the clocks strike midnight. Hosted by renowned comic and impressionist Jonathan Watson, a whole host of characters – many of them real life football stars he mercilessly skewers – are bought to Scottish television screens every year on 31st December.
This Scottish institution can now be celebrated not just north of the border but beyond and not just on New Year’s Eve! Arriving for the first time on DVD as one bumper collection in The Best of Only an Excuse? including all episodes from the last 10 years (2007 to 2016), as seen on the BBC.
We have 5 DVD Box Sets to give away!
Tactics, formations and all forms of logic are thrown out of the window! Football favourites and legends such as Frank McAvennie, Sir Alex Ferguson, Kenny Dalglish, Graeme Souness, Gordon Strachan, Craig Brown, Walter Smith, and Charlie Nicholas alongside comic creations Sean (the hapless Celtic fan) and his Rangers counterpart, are all lined up for a comedy kicking.
Exclusives and rumours, facts and fantasies, moments that are historical and hysterical, stories that have affected all of us in the past decade are here, as Only An Excuse? snares not just football but politics and showbiz, with a smattering celebrity guests too, in its satirical net.
The Best Of Only An Excuse? is the perfect stocking – and football boot – filler offering a season’s worth of laughs at the beautiful game.
For your chance to win a DVD Box Set of The Best of Only an Excuse? simply answer the following question:
Q. Which famous Manchester United manager has Jonathan Watson impersonated on Only an Excuse?A. Select one from the choices below...
Sir Alex Ferguson
Sir Matt Busby
David Moyes
The closing date for this competition is 20th December 2017
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The competition is open to UK residents only aged over 18 years
Competitions are not open to employees of Highwood House Publishing
Competition will close on 12th December 2017 and all winners will be chosen at random from the correct entries received. Entries received after this date will not be counted
Mature Times is the competition promoter.
Each of the 5 (five) winners will each receive 1 (one) DVD Box Set of Only An Excuse? If the item listed above is unavailable, we reserve the right to substitute with an alternative item of similar value.
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