Scotland: Contains Strong Language

Scotland: Contains Strong Language — Plot

Schooled in Fife, coming of age in a rock ’n’ roll band, then finding her forte was directing temperamental actors, Cora Bissett is no stranger to theatrical Scottish swearing. So who better to present a celebration of Caledonian cursing? This documentary sees Cora sing, swear and scrutinise why Scotland swears so well. Cora begins with the first hurdle – how does one discuss swear words on the BBC? Aunty Beeb is the institution that has been historically priggish about language - always bleeping words and apologising for those that slipped through. So Cora runs a list past BBC Scotland’s head of editorial standards to see what she can get away with.

• Release date
• April 4, 2020
• Runtime
• 59 min
• Genres
• Documentary
• Director
• John MacLaverty

Scotland: Contains Strong Language — Cast

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Cora Bissett Presenter Billy Connolly Himself (archive footage)

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James Kelman Himself (archive footage)