Acting

Gerry Slevin

Acting credits

Chariots of Fire poster
6.8

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.

Chariots of Fire

1981

A Sense of Freedom poster
6.5

The true story of Jimmy Boyle, who was reputed to be Scotland's most violent man.

A Sense of Freedom

1985

Willie Rough poster
NR

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.

Willie Rough

1976

The Silly Season poster
NR

Four students working in a factory cause emotional, as well as industrial catastrophe, for when theory and reality meet it is the 'Silly Season'.

The Silly Season

1982

No artwork available
NR

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.

Queen of Scots

1967

The Shutter Falls poster
9.0

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.

The Shutter Falls

1987

Wild Flowers: Women of South Lebanon poster
7.0

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.

Wild Flowers: Women of South Lebanon

1987

Wild Flowers poster
3.8

At her daughter's funeral, a woman remembers her family's shame when she fell in love with another woman.

Wild Flowers

1990

No artwork available
8.0

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.

Just Your Luck

1972

Shadow on the Earth poster
10.0

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

Shadow on the Earth

1988

Leaving poster
NR

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.

Leaving

1989

Orkney poster
9.0

Three stories reflecting life in the Orkney Islands, two set in the past, and one in the present.

Orkney

1971

The Boy Who Wanted Peace poster
10.0

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.

The Boy Who Wanted Peace

1970

No artwork available
NR

Docudrama looking at the way children's panels will deal with juvenile delinquency in Scotland.

Settled Out of Court

1971