Episode 30 - The Legend of Barney Thomson (2015)

We’ve had a short back and sides on The Swally this week as we
discuss the 2015 film ‘The Legend of Barney Thomson’. Starring
Robert Carlyle in his directorial debut and based on the 1999
book ‘The Long Midnight of Barney Thomson’ by author Douglas
Lindsay.


 


Also starring Emma Thompson and Ray Winstone, set in Glasgow, the
film centres around 50-year-old Barney Thomson, who works at
Henderson's Barbers in Bridgeton and lives a life of desperate
mediocrity. Barney's uninteresting life is turned upside down
when he enters the grotesque and comically absurd world of a
serial killer after accidentally killing his boss Wullie.


 


We also discuss the untold pleasures of a pint of Tennent’s
Lager, food tattoos, find the Scottish version of Flipper, hear
about an interesting Pot Noodle alibi and ponder a VHS revival.


 


So join us for a Swally, on The Culture Swally


 


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