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Swots. Image shows from L to R: Miles Jupp, Susan Morrison. Image credit: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).

Swots
Swots. Image shows from L to R: Miles Jupp, Susan Morrison. Image credit: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).

Swots

BBC Radio Scotland panel show. Miles Jupp and his assistant Susan Morrison preside over a class of unruly celebrity pupils

Genre:
Panel Show
Broadcast:
2009  (BBC Radio Scotland)
Episodes:
4 (1 series)
Starring:
Miles Jupp, Susan Morrison
Writers:
Colin McQuaid, Margaret Anne Docherty, Michael Beck
Production:
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Swots is a comedy quiz for BBC Radio Scotland that puts the contestants back into the schoolroom circa 1965. Presenter Miles Jupp presides over the class of unruly celebrity pupils, with the aid of classroom assistant, the inimitable stand up Susan Morrison.

Our Review: A very patchy, bizarre series. Some is rather funny; everyone on the panel is clearly having fun and Jupp delivers some good (scripted) gags.

But there are parts of the show that lead one to really question the production team's mental processes. A good example of this is the quick-fire maths round. Which, unfortunately, really does involve what the name suggests.