No Scouser ever believes they have lost an argument. It's made the city simultaneously one of the touchiest, and proudest places in the world - with a century long tradition of radicalism and riot, and an identity all of its very own. Mock it at your peril, as the most public Scouser in Britain discovered...
Five years ago, this very prickliness led Alexei Sayle to need personal protection, after he'd made the cardinal scouse sin of knocking your home town. And worst of all he'd laughed in the face of the award of European Capital of Culture, the very thing most Scousers hope will save the place, but not Alexei. This unsettling episode propels Alexei back, to force a journey of reconnection with that all that Scouse emotion. Contains language which some may find offensive. [AD,S]
Thought some of you who dont live in the city might want to see this and see what makes us scousers tick.
Alexei Sayles Liverpool via BBC i player
hope you enjoy it
P.S this is the first of four shows.
