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The Crow Road (TV Series)
''The Crow Road'' is a four-part television miniseries by BBC Scotland in 1996, based faithfully on the 1992 novel of the same name by Scottish novelist Iain Banks. It was directed by Gavin Millar. Summary The cast includes Joseph McFadden as Prentice McHoan, Bill Paterson as his father, Dougray Scott as his older brother (another, younger brother in the novel has been written out here) and Peter Capaldi as his missing uncle Rory, who via a narrative device employed in the adaptation, visits the thoughtful Prentice when he is alone. The production was nominated as Best Drama Serial at the 1997 British Academy Television Awards. Following the success of this TV serial, the same team went on to adapt Banks's ''Complicity'' as a feature film. Cast * Joseph McFadden as Prentice McHoan * Bill Paterson as Kenneth McHoan * Peter Capaldi as Rory McHoan * Valerie Edmond as Ashley Watt * Dougray Scott as Lewis McHoan * David Robb as Fergus Urvill * Elizabeth Sinclair as Mary McHoan * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been contrasted with the epic and the lyrical modes ever since Aristotle's ''Poetics'' (c. 335 BC)—the earliest work of dramatic theory. The term "drama" comes from a Greek word meaning "deed" or " act" (Classical Greek: , ''drâma''), which is derived from "I do" (Classical Greek: , ''dráō''). The two masks associated with drama represent the traditional generic division between comedy and tragedy. In English (as was the analogous case in many other European languages), the word '' play'' or ''game'' (translating the Anglo-Saxon ''pleġan'' or Latin ''ludus'') was the standard term for dramas until William Shakespeare's time—just as its creator was a ''play-maker'' rather than a ''dramatist'' and the building was a ''play-house'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Scotland
BBC Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: ''BBC Alba'') is a division of the BBC and the main public broadcaster in Scotland. It is one of the four BBC national regions, together with the BBC English Regions, BBC Cymru Wales and BBC Northern Ireland. Its headquarters are in Glasgow, it employs approximately 1,250 staff as of 2017, to produce 15,000 hours of television and radio programming per year. Some £320 million of licence fee revenue is raised in Scotland, with expenditure on purely local content set to stand at £86 million by 2016–17. The remainder of licence fee revenue raised in the country is spent on networked programmes shown throughout the UK. BBC Scotland operates television channels such as the Scottish variant of BBC One, the BBC Scotland channel and the Gaelic-language channel BBC Alba, and radio stations BBC Radio Scotland and Gaelic-language BBC Radio nan Gaidheal. History The first radio service in Scotland was launched by the British Broad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust Limited, Scott Trust. The trust was created in 1936 to "secure the financial and editorial independence of ''The Guardian'' in perpetuity and to safeguard the journalistic freedom and liberal values of ''The Guardian'' free from commercial or political interference". The trust was converted into a limited company in 2008, with a constitution written so as to maintain for ''The Guardian'' the same protections as were built into the structure of the Scott Trust by its creators. Profits are reinvested in journalism rather than distributed to owners or shareholders. It is considered a newspaper of record in the UK. The editor-in-chief Katharine Viner succeeded Alan Rusbridger in 2015. Since 2018, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Box Set
A box set or (its original name) boxed set is a set of items (for example, a compilation of books, musical recordings, films or television programs) traditionally packaged in a box and offered for sale as a single unit. Music Artists and bands with an extremely long and successful career often have anthology or "essential" collections of their boxes of music released as box sets. These often include rare and never-before-released tracks. Some box sets collect previously released boxes of singles or albums by a music artist, and often collect the complete discography of an artist such as Pink Floyd's '' Oh, by the Way'' and ''Discovery'' sets. Sometimes bands release expanded versions of their most successful albums such as Pink Floyd's ''Immersion'' box set versions of their '' The Dark Side of the Moon'' (1973), ''Wish You Were Here'' (1975) and '' The Wall'' (1979) albums. Pink Floyd have also released '' The Early Years 1965–1972'' box set which features mostly unreleased ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claire Nielson
Claire Nielson (née Isbister; born 8 April 1937) is a Scottish actress, primarily known for her television roles. On television, she played the wife of the belligerent American guest, Mr. Hamilton, in the "Waldorf Salad" episode of ''Fawlty Towers'', appeared as Jean 'Porridge' Carter, Geoffrey Stock's secretary, in the popular 1960s crime series '' Ghost Squad'' and played the wife of Rikki Fulton's character in many sketches of the Scottish Hogmanay show ''Scotch and Wry'' from 1978 until 1993. Other TV credits include '' Upstairs, Downstairs'', '' Monarch of the Glen'', '' The Brothers'', ''The Two Ronnies'', ''Take The High Road'', ''Z-Cars'', ''Special Branch'', ''Thriller'' and ''Taggart''. She also appeared as Barbara Grant in the 1971 film version of ''Kidnapped'', opposite Michael Caine and Trevor Howard Trevor Wallace Howard-Smith (29 September 1913 – 7 January 1988) was an English stage, film, and television actor. After varied work in the theatre, he achie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stella Gonet
Stella Gonet (born 8 May 1960) is a Scottish theatre, film and television actress. She is known for her roles in the BBC dramas '' The House of Eliott'' (1991–94) and ''Holby City'' (2007–09). Her stage credits include playing Ophelia in the 1989 National Theatre revival of ''Hamlet'', opposite both Daniel Day-Lewis and Ian Charleson as Hamlet, and playing Margaret Thatcher in the original West End production of ''Handbagged'' (2014). She played Queen Elizabeth II in the 2021 movie '' Spencer''. Early life Gonet was born in Greenock, Scotland. Her Polish father met her Scottish mother, a teacher of English, when he was stationed in Greenock during the Second World War. She is the seventh of twelve children and four of her sisters are nurses. She trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Career Gonet starred as Beatrice Eliott, one of the two lead roles, in three series of the television drama '' The House of Eliott'', and played Chief Executive Office ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Young (actor)
Paul Young (born 3 July 1944) is a Scottish television actor and presenter. Young was born in Edinburgh, the son of the actor John Young. He was educated at George Heriot's School in Edinburgh. He started acting as a child. His first performance was as Tiny Tim in the Edinburgh Gateway Company's production of '' A Christmas Carol'' in 1953, and he played the eponymous hero of the film '' Geordie'' in 1955. He played First Officer William Murdoch in the 1979 TV movie '' S. O. S. Titanic''. Young also had a key supporting role in the Michael Winner made western Chato's Land (1972), which starred Charles Bronson, Jack Palance and Richard Basehart. Some of his later credits include ''The Tales of Para Handy'', '' No Job for a Lady'', ''Taggart'', ''The Crow Road'', '' Coronation Street'' and '' Still Game''. Young has gone on to find long-lasting fame among the fishing community, fronting a series of fishing TV shows, which began with "Hooked On Scotland" on the BBC in 1991. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simone Bendix
Simone Bendix (born 26 September 1967) is a Danish actress. Bendix trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. In addition to the 1994 Gerry Anderson science-fiction drama ''Space Precinct'', in which she played the regular role of Officer Jane Castle, her television appearances include ''The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles'' (1993), '' Between the Lines'' (1993), ''The Tomorrow People'' (1994), '' Lie Down with Lions'' (1994) ''The Crow Road'' (1996)''Song For a Raggy Boy'' (2003) - The Cast and ''A Many Splintered Thing'' (2000). She has also appeared in '' Bugs'', '' The Inspector Lynley Myste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gudrun Ure
Gudrun Ure (born 12 March 1926) is a Scottish actress, most famous for her portrayal of the title character in '' Super Gran''. Biography Ure was born in Campsie, Stirlingshire. She starred in Orson Welles' 1951 stage production of ''Othello'' as Desdemona. She also starred in the pilot of a series called ''Life After Life'', written by '' Yes Minister'' creator Jonathan Lynn. No further episodes, however, were made. She has also appeared in '' The 10th Kingdom'' as Mrs Murray, the mother of Tony Lewis' tyrannical boss and owner of their apartment building, '' T-Bag and the Pearls of Wisdom'', ''Midsomer Murders'', '' Casualty'', '' The Crow Road'' and as Mrs. MacGregor in Second Thoughts in the episode Auld Acquaintance. Ure's radio acting credits include the part of Joan Danbury, the mother of Inspector Gwen Danbury, in the eponymous police drama by Sue Rodwell broadcast on BBC Radio 4 between 2008 and 2010. She also portrayed the secretary of the central detective in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Robb
David Robb (born 23 August 1947) is a Scottish actor. Early life Born in London, the son of David Robb and Elsie Tilley, Robb grew up in Edinburgh and was educated there at the Royal High School, where he played Henry II in a school production of Jean Anouilh’s ''Becket''. Screen career Robb has starred in various British films and television shows, including films such as ''Swing Kids'' and '' Hellbound''. He is well known for playing Germanicus in the famous 1976 BBC production of ''I, Claudius'', and as Robin Grant, one of the principal characters in Thames Television's 1981 series ''The Flame Trees of Thika''. Robb had his big break playing Andrew Fraser MP in the TV miniseries ''First Among Equals'' a 1986 adaption of the book of the same name by Jeffrey Archer. The miniseries was a great success on prime time TV in the UK and abroad and also propelled careers of co-stars Tom Wilkinson, Jeremy Child and James Faulkner. He has also performed as a voice actor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Complicity (film)
''Complicity'' (or ''Retribution'' in the US market) is a 2000 film based on the 1993 novel ''Complicity'' by Iain Banks. The screenplay was written by Bryan Elsley, and directed by Gavin Millar. Both had previously adapted Banks's ''The Crow Road'' into a TV serial. The film marked the debut of Richard Madden. Plot Idealistic Scottish journalist Cameron Colley (Jonny Lee Miller) writes articles exposing establishment corruption. When some of those named in his articles are found brutally murdered, suspicion falls on him; and he is forced to begin an investigation to clear his name. Cast Locations Scenes were filmed in Edinburgh and the Firth of Forth (particularly Inverkeithing, South Queensferry, and Inchmickery), and in Dunning, Glenturret, Kippen, Lochgoilhead, Lochailort, Glen Coe, and on Rannoch Moor. One scene from the film was set in the Snaffle Bit bar in Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, where actual bar staff and customers were used. Critical reception ''Time Out'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Complicity (novel)
''Complicity'' is a novel by Scottish people, Scottish author Iain Banks. It was published in 1993. Plot introduction Its two main characters are Cameron Colley, a journalist on a Scottish newspaper called ''The Caledonian'' (which resembles ''The Scotsman''), and a serial killer, serial murderer whose identity is a mystery. The passages dealing with the journalist are written in the First-person narrative, first person, and those dealing with the murderer in the Second-person narrative, second person, so the novel presents, in alternate chapters, an unusual example of an unreliable narrator. The events take place mostly in and around Edinburgh. Plot summary Colley is a "Gonzo journalist" with an amphetamine habit, living in Edinburgh. He also smokes cigarettes and cannabis, drinks copious amounts of Alcohol (drug), alcohol, plays computer games, and has adventurous sex adultery, with a married woman, Yvonne. He regrets his addictions and misdemeanours and occasionally tries (a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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