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Wild Flowers (1990)
Character: Minister
At her daughter's funeral, a woman remembers her family's shame when she fell in love with another woman.
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Zahrat al-Qindul (1987)
Character: N/A
In this award-winning documentary, directors Masri and Chamoun focus on the women who played a crucial role in fighting the Israeli invasion of southern Lebanon. Preserving their stories on camera, Wild Flowers: Women of South Lebanon is a poignant documentary about courage, resistance, and hope.
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Settled Out of Court (1971)
Character: N/A
Docudrama looking at the way children's panels will deal with juvenile delinquency in Scotland.
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Orkney (1971)
Character: Peter of Two Waters
Three stories reflecting life in the Orkney Islands, two set in the past, and one in the present.
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Willie Rough (1976)
Character: Jake Adams
In the dark days of 1914 Willie Rough set out to find work in Greenock. He becomes a shipbuilding shop steward and soon finds himself involved in a bitter political and industrial conflict.
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The Silly Season (1982)
Character: MacLellan
Four students working in a factory cause emotional, as well as industrial catastrophe, for when theory and reality meet it is the 'Silly Season'.
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The Shutter Falls (1987)
Character: Curer
A 19th Century photographer travels to the North of Scotland to document the fishing industry, where he falls in love with one of the Gaelic-speaking fish gutting girls.
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Queen of Scots (1967)
Character: N/A
A dramatised account of the life of Mary, Queen of Scots, performed and broadcast live on Scottish Television on 29th November 1967 to mark STV's tenth anniversary.
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The Boy Who Wanted Peace (1970)
Character: Neddy
Two underprivileged Glaswegian youngsters are caught up in sectarian gang warfare after discovering crates stuffed with banknotes in the basement they use for a clubhouse.
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Just Your Luck (1972)
Character: Colin Hawkins
When Alison unexpectedly falls pregnant after a brief encounter with Alex (David Hayman's first TV role) they decide to marry. The joining of two seemingly different families opens into a witty and audacious tale, which caused uproar after its first broadcast in 1972. An early triumph for Peter McDougall, when it was proclaimed the most exciting writing debut since John Osborne's Look Back in Anger.
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Leaving (1989)
Character: Headmaster
A moving, comic tale of three boys about to leave a grim Catholic School in Greenock, Scotland, who find they must each choose a different path in life as they face the future.
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Shadow on the Earth (1988)
Character: Grandad Wilson
On April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin is hurtling through space. Down below, 7-year-old Billy Wilson keeps watching the skies, itching for an encounter with an alien being. When he discovers a mysterious stranger in a house nearby, events take a sinister turn. -GusF
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A Sense of Freedom (1985)
Character: Governor
The true story of Jimmy Boyle, who was reputed to be Scotland's most violent man.
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Chariots of Fire (1981)
Character: Colonel John Keddie
In the class-obsessed and religiously divided UK of the early 1920s, two determined young runners train for the 1924 Paris Olympics. Eric Liddell, a devout Christian born to Scottish missionaries in China, sees running as part of his worship of God's glory and refuses to train or compete on the Sabbath. Harold Abrahams overcomes anti-Semitism and class bias, but neglects his beloved sweetheart in his single-minded quest.
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