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With local resident, Alan Dearling Firstly, a hands-up. I’ve not been able to access viewings of all these films and TV programmes. And in a few cases, I don’t want to! But, it has still been interesting to try and piece together this collection – all of which include at least momentary glimpses of the Scottish/English border coastal areas, from Berwick-upon-Tweed in England to St Abbs in Scotland. It’s been fun and interesting talking to lots of locals in order to put the article together. ******************************************************* The Witch’s Daughter is a children’...

Had your fill of Dry January? Even Veganuary? Then might I suggest Burns Night as a celebratory opportunity to see off both. Today is the day that Scots, the Scottish diaspora and an arguably more niche cohort who just love sheep’s guts dishes celebrate the birth of Scotland’s national poet, Robert Burns. My husband and I tick all three of the above boxes. After a dry ten days or so of January, we will savour a wee dram alongside our haggis, neeps and tatties. Whisky can be dangerous stuff, but in Compton Mackenzie’s Hebridean wartime caper, Whisky Galore, it really is uisge beatha, Sco...

Whisky Galore! (2016) This remake of the 1949 original features scenes filmed at the Central Bar in Renton and at Luss Village Hall. The film is adapted from Compton MacKenzie’s 1947 novel of the same name. It follows residents on the fictional Isle of Todday, who try to seize the opportunity when a cargo ship becomes stranded nearby during World War II whisky rationing. MacKenzie’s book was based on true events which occurred six years earlier, when the SS Politician ran aground off the coast of the Eriskay in the Western Isles whilst carrying more than 20,000 cases of malt whisk...

TV Editor Tonight's top TV includes The Pembrokeshire Murders (from the makers of Line of Duty), Eoin McGee advising small business owner Samantha Rawson, The Graduate’s Mike Nichols as the focus of The Directors, and Sinead Quinlan’s new comedy Seriously Sinead? Pick of the Day Given that it’s from the makers of Line of Duty, there’s a fair chance that this three-part miniseries is well worth a look. It’s based on the real-life investigation into the killing of Peter and Gwenda Dixon, the couple robbed and shot dead while walking on a coastal path in Pembrokeshire in 1989.

The Wicker Man was a cult classic starring Christopher Lee. Sign up for our newsletter and let our nostalgia team take you on a trip back in time Thank you for signing up to our Nostalgia newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Scotland has never lacked for myths and legends and ample places of natural beauty with a wow factor which doesn’t require CGI. So it’s no surprise that many film-makers have been drawn to the more picturesque and transcendent locations which proliferate in the north and north east of the country. As Christmas approaches at the end...