formal announcement functioned as a signpost, or disclaimer, signalling that what followed was not a continuation of the news programme. It may be difficult to pinpoint precisely what signifies comedy as Scottish. Comedy actor and their comedy to reflect their own writer Greg Hemphill suggested ‘people like since scenarios that are locally understood to the originality of our lives’ ‘adds humour’ (Watching BBC Scotland; broadcast Ourselves: 60 Years of TV in Scotland: Having a Laugh. January 4 2012). This idea that some comedy is framed around scenarios familiar to the population of a national community is not unique to Scotland. Beeden and de Bruin (2010: 6) noted that a locally must be familiar with ‘humor [is] based phenomenon’, continuing ‘one the of a society to understand the comedy and jokes of that (2010: “cultural codes” nation” 9). The content of the weekly programmes drew on topical news and events Wind Up associated with public figures in Scotland including national and local politicians, media personnel and football in Scotland, yet the distinctive vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation of Scots, contributed to the Scottishness of the comedy. The vernacular pronunciation and vocabulary (e.g. waants for want; Ah for I; hoors for hours; tae for to) is therefore a crucial feature of the sketches presented. Two sketches provided a consistent framework for mocking the coverage of sport by the Scottish and ridiculed Scottish media: ‘Scotland Today’ ‘Sportscene’. ‘Scotland Today’ main evening news programme particularly the interaction between the Television’s (STV) main presenter John MacKay and sports correspondents, usually Raman Bhardwaj. The second regular sketch BBC coverage of football on radio ‘Sportscene’, parodied Scotland’s and television with caricatures of presenters and pundits and imaginary interviews with prominent players and managers of football clubs. As the main opening and closing sketch of and were regular internal ritual signposts for each Wind Up, ‘Scotland Today’ ‘Sportscene’
formal announcement functioned as a signpost, or disclaimer, signalling that what followed was not a continuation of the news programme. It may be difficult to pinpoint precisely what signifies comedy as Scottish. Comedy actor and writer Greg Hemphill suggested ‘people like their comedy to reflect their own lives’ since scenarios that are locally understood ‘adds to the originality of our humour’ (Watching Ourselves: 60 Years of TV in Scotland: Having a Laugh. BBC Scotland; broadcast January 4 2012). This idea that some comedy is framed around scenarios familiar to the population of a national community is not unique to Scotland. Beeden and de Bruin (2010: 6) noted that ‘humor [is] a locally based phenomenon’, continuing ‘one must be familiar with the “cultural codes” of a society to understand the comedy and jokes of that nation” (2010: 9). The content of the weekly Wind Up programmes drew on topical news and events associated with public figures in Scotland including national and local politicians, media personnel and football in Scotland, yet the distinctive vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation of Scots, contributed to the Scottishness of the comedy. The vernacular pronunciation and vocabulary (e.g. waants for want; Ah for I; hoors for hours; tae for to) is therefore a crucial feature of the sketches presented. Two sketches provided a consistent framework for mocking the coverage of sport by the Scottish media: ‘Scotland Today’ and ‘Sportscene’. ‘Scotland Today’ ridiculed Scottish Television’s (STV) main evening news programme particularly the interaction between the main presenter John MacKay and sports correspondents, usually Raman Bhardwaj. The second regular sketch ‘Sportscene’, parodied BBC Scotland’s coverage of football on radio and television with caricatures of presenters and pundits and imaginary interviews with prominent players and managers of football clubs. As the main opening and closing sketch of Wind Up, ‘Scotland Today’ and ‘Sportscene’ were regular internal ritual signposts for each