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Watching that programme last night about Scottish cultural stereotypes in film & TV (with Sanjeev Kohli) and was a bit surprised at how stereotypical some of the Scottishness seemed - kilts whisky scenery angry men etc. Of course the stereotyping was partly the point. But it got me thinking about are there good examples of good cultural products - film TV or books etc - that are not 'about Scottishness' or trying to be Scottish yet are unmistakably Scottish. I guess partly I am getting at things that people from anywhere might appreciate, people who needn't be interested in Scotland at all, but find something worth watching as it tells a good story etc. The best example I thought of was Gregory's Girl which if I remember hasn't any overt references to 'Scotland' and is maybe only locatable by a road sign at the very end (pointing to Glasgow and Edinburgh, if I remember). Yet it feels unmistakeably of its place and time. Yet it's something others could get something out of... (it's possible Trainspotting could sneak into that category, if you removed the 'colonised by w-----s' scene - which for me didn't seem essential to the story at all. Although set in Edinburgh it tells a story that could have been in many urban areas around Scotland... [even dare i say the Hibs references could replaced by another local team and it could have worked as well, if set in Dundee or Dunfermline etc? 'discuss....'])