Movies: John Byrne
- 1974
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil (1974)
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In their songs, comedy and exuberant music, a travelling theatre company give a fiercely polemic account of Scottish history, from the aftermath of Culloden to the oil boom. Their production before a live audience is intercut with filmed reconstructi...
- 2003
American Cousins (2003)
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Two American mafiosi, Gino and Settimo, take refuge in the Glasgow cafe owned by their Scottish/Italian cousin, but he isn't the tough guy they'd expected. Gino and Settimo try to repay Roberto's hospitality by chasing off a debt collector who wants ...
- 1974
Clydescope (1974)
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A panorama of the Clyde, from Biggar to Brodick, with Billy Connolly as your guide. Directed by Murray Grigor for the Films of Scotland Committee....
- 2011
Gerry Rafferty: Right Down the Line (2011)
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Gerry Rafferty, who died in January 2011, was one of Scotland's best-loved singer/songwriters, famous around the world for hits such as "Baker Street" and "Stuck in the Middle With You". This ArtWorks Scotland film, narrated by David Tennant, tells ...
- 1979
The Slab Boys (1979)
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Paisley, Scotland, in 1957. Three working-class lads look forward to the staff dance at the local carpet factory....
- 1990
Your Cheatin' Heart (1990)
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In this fondly remembered mini series John Byrne, creator of Tutti Frutti, explores the country music scene in an unsentimental portrait of Glaswegian life and culture. Local food and wine correspondent Frank McClusky falls in love with waitress Ciss...
- 1988
Byrne About Byrne (1988)
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In this diverse and inventive autobiography, painter and author John Byrne travels from his youth, through his art school years to the period of his stage and TV plays, and on to his death, sometime in the future. With him is Robbie Coltrane as hims...
- 1988
Normal Service (1988)
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It's General Election day 1964, and the resources of Forth and Clyde Television are under stress. Too many shows want too many things done too quickly. Some of the design and graphics staff are intent on not getting involved. Others won't survive the...
- 2017
Billy Connolly: Portrait of a Lifetime (2017)
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Celebrating Billy Connolly's 75th birthday and 50 years in the business, three Scottish artists - John Byrne, Jack Vettriano and Rachel MacLean - each create a new portrait of the Big Yin. As he sits with each artist, Billy talks about his remarkable...
- 1997
The Slab Boys (1997)
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Paisley, Scotland, in 1957. Three likely lads look forward to the staff dance at the local carpet factory where they work...
- 1986
Scotch & Wry (1986)
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Video Compilation of the Scottish TV Comedy Sketch Show. Stand out characters include Supercop, an idiot motorcycle policeman whose catchphrase was 'Alright Stirling, oot the car' and whose goggles would spring off his helmet; Dirty Dickie Dandruff; ...
- 1993
Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western Isles (1993)
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In the autumn of 1773, the English writer Samuel Johnson visits the Hebrides, or Western Isles, off the North-West coast of Scotland. With him are his friend, the Scotsman James Boswell, and his black servant Francis Barber. Staying with a series of ...