job. Michael Jackson from Jordanhill, Fulton again plays an unemployed Glaswegian trying to be hired by a nightclub manager, but dressed in a bizarre disguise as Michael Jackson (parodying Jackson's famous costume from the album Bad). When the ruse fails, he tries again, this time as "Shirley Bassey from Bearsden". S.W Duff, a funeral director. Key one-off parodies included Bonnie Prince Charlie, Robert the Bruce, The Beechgrove Garden, The Curries (a send up of The Corries) and Box 2001 1/2 (a parody of STV's community broadcasting slot Box 2000). Feature guest stars from the series of Hogmanay specials included Barry McGuigan, Jim Watt, Mark McManus, Gavin Hastings, and BBC Scotland sports pundits Dougie Donnelly and Archie Macpherson. Repeats and releases Several compilation programmes have been broadcast, including a Hogmanay special in 1996 – marking Fulton's 50-year anniversary in show business – and a six-part series, The Very Best of Scotch and Wry, aired in 2004 following the death of Rikki Fulton. The original series was also aired on UK Gold from 1994 to 1995. Scotch and Wry first became available on VHS with four special compilations released by BBC Video during the mid to late 1980s and early 1990s. The first was Scotch & Wry, which was released in 1986, and proved such a massive hit that a second compilation, Double Scotch & Wry, followed in 1987, proving almost as popular. Each video was 90 minutes in length and featured sketches right up to the 1985 and 1986 specials respectively. A third video, Triple Scotch & Wry, was released in 1990 and finally a fourth video, Scotch & Wry 4: Prince of Pochlers, in 1992. None of the DVD releases feature the Barbara Dickson musical interludes which formed part of the original broadcasts of the early Hogmanay specials, and certain copyrighted musical soundtracks (such as the Dirty Dick's Delicatmessen skits – which originally featured Something's Cooking in the Kitchen by Dana) have been edited out. All four compilations were subsequently re-released on DVD in 2006, and again as part of The Ultimate Rikki Fulton Collection DVD box set in 2007. However, a full release of the first two full series and all 12 subsequent Hogmanay specials remains unlikely. References BBC Scotland television shows BBC Scotland television sketch shows New Year's television specials 1978 Scottish television series debuts 1992 Scottish television series endings BBC television comedy Hogmanay 1970s Scottish television series