Angus Òg: The Making of a Tabloid Teuchter

He’s a Highland hero, a Gaelic Everyman, a loveable rogue – and he’s a great laugh.  He’s the beloved cartoon character, Angus Og! 

Using original cartoons, actors’ voices, and fan-interviews, Angus and his friends on the island of Drambeg (dràma beag!) in the Utter Hebrides are brought to life.

For three decades, cartoonist Ewen Bain used Angus, his ‘teuchter stereotype’, to comment on society and poke fun at the good and the not-so-good in the Daily Record and Sunday Mail.  Margaret Thatcher, Billy Connolly, the Royal Family, Rod Stewart, Lairds, wannabe Gaels, and the Church – few escaped Angus Og’s attention and Ewen Bain’s satire.

The programme features some of Angus’s classic adventurers – giving voice to Angus, his mother, his best friend Lachie, his on-off girlfriend Mairileen, local spey-wife Granny McBrochan, and the hapless Constable McPhater.

BROADCASTER

CREDITS

Narrator - Euan MacDonald
Assistant Producer & Camera - Robyn Low
Director,Producer & Camera - Ramsay MacMahon