Talk:Scotch on the Rocks

Controversy
"Both the novel and the television serial proved quite controversial. The BBC promised at the time never to show the series again, and it was believed the master tapes had been wiped because of the controversy." It is widely believed that to call something controversial is to describe it. That is not so. *Why* controversial? 31.52.253.113 (talk) 18:58, 8 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Because the idea of the second country in the UK turning into another Northern Ireland was unpalatable. It apparently spurred some copycat behaviour. The series was produced by the British state broadcaster in order to stymie the emergent Scottish nationalism of the late 60s & early 70s, but had the opposite effect, much to the embarrassment of those who had pushed for it.


 * There is another problem. It was a roman à clef: Meg Merilees was quite clearly Wendy Wood for example, and many of the other characters were based on real people.-31.80.49.174 (talk) 23:14, 7 April 2018 (UTC)