10 YEARS OF STV’S SCOTLAND TONIGHT JOHN Trump said he’d buy me a beer
DONALD TRUMP
Five years before his election as US president, Trump was to be our firstever interview but it very nearly didn’t happen.
We had hired a crew to film him in New York and I asked him questions down the phone line. The crew were then supposed to send the interview back to Glasgow via satellite but somehow it got lost. It looked as if it was going to be a disaster.
Luckily, it all came together.
He said he’d buy me a beer next time he was in Scotland. He never did – probably because Rona p***ed him off in his second interview!
BILLY CONNOLLY
Shortly before Scotland locked down, I did an extended interview with the Big Yin. Despite his Parkinson’s, the comedy legend was in great form. As
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ALLAN WELLS
I was in total awe of Allan, a gold medallist at the Moscow Olympics. What a hero. Believe it or not, I was the Govan and
District 100m running champ when I was 12.
GRAEME OBREE
The champion cyclist took part in a discussion on the subject of suicide. I asked: how could he have
tried to do this with a wife and family needing him?
His answer was compelling. He said that people in that situation genuinely believe they are doing their family a favour by leaving them. His words have stuck with me ever since.