1976: ACCENTS - GLASGOW vs EDINBURGH | Word of Mouth | Voice of the People | BBC Archive

Introduced by Melvyn Bragg, Word of Mouth traces the pattern of speech in Britain.

Edinburgh and Glasgow are traditional rivals, a rivalry that is reflected in the contrast between the voices of the two cities. The East and West of Scotland speak a very different tongue - but is this a difference that owes as much to social class as to geography?

Representing Glasgow in this battle of the accents are comedian Billy Connolly, poet Tom Leonard and journalist John Rafferty. Speaking up for Edinburgh are theatre producer Sadie Aitken and poet Robert Garioch.

Clip taken from Word of Mouth: The Big Yin and the Wee Yin, originally broadcast on BBC Two, Thursday 5 August, 1976.




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