Hamish and Dougal series was arranged by Graeme's son John Garden and performed by a four-piece ceilidh band. The programmes were produced by Jon Naismith. Other actors have also featured in guest appearances, such as the 2004 Hogmanay special which featured guest appearances from "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue" chairman Humphrey Lyttelton, as the Laird's butler Lyttelton, "Today programme" presenter Jim Naughtie (as Mrs Naughtie's long-lost son), Sandi Toksvig (as Sandi Wedge, a very tall golf champion) and Tim Brooke-Taylor and Colin Sell (as themselves). The show relied heavily on sexual innuendo, and Scottish stereotypes. Long-running jokes from the parent series were
BBC World War I centenary season BBC World War I centenary season The BBC World War I centenary season is the marking of the centenary of the First World War across the BBC. Programming started in 2014 and will last until 2018, corresponding to 100 years after the war. The BBC season will include 130 newly commissioned radio and television programmes which will last over 2500 hours, including more than 600 hours of new content. The programmes will be broadcast on over twenty BBC television and radio stations. The First World War centenary season was announced on 16 October 2013 by the BBC. Adrian Van Klaveren,