
Acting
John Shedden
Known for
Acting
Credits
12 titles
Known for
8.0A series of six plays centred on a house in Glasgow, from 1878 to the 1980s.
House on the Hill
1981
6.5Having left her husband, Hilary moves in with her unbalanced brother, Pink, who uses wit and humor to hide his amorous yearnings.
Brotherly Love
1970
6.5In the western isles of 1930s Scotland, Peter 'Para Handy' MacFarlane, captain of the puffer Vital Spark, treks around the coastal waters of west Scotland and variously schemes himself and his crew into mischief.
The Vital Spark
1965
7.2Focuses on manic-depressive psychiatrist Daniel Nash, and the Glasgow mental hospital where he works.
Psychos
1999
6.4In a future world where the disease has been finally defeated and everything can be sold, even the crude spectacle of death, the rare case of a dying woman becomes the morbid theme of a revolutionary reality show, broadcast through the curious eyes of a peculiar camera.
Death Watch
1980
A look at life on the Inverness to Kyle railway line in Scotland.
The Line to Skye
1973
Film credits
1980s · 2 titles
6.4In a future world where the disease has been finally defeated and everything can be sold, even the crude spectacle of death, the rare case of a dying woman becomes the morbid theme of a revolutionary reality show, broadcast through the curious eyes of a peculiar camera.
Death Watch
1980
7.2Vic Mathews teaches a remedial class at the Blessed Edith Semple School in Scotland. Some at the school are trying to discover the two more miracles that would promote the late Edith Semple to sainthood; Mathews, a non-believer, wishes the school would concentrate on teaching the children. He becomes confused, however, when he is involved in possibly miraculous events himself! Written by George S. Davis
Heavenly Pursuits
1986
1970s · 6 titles
6.5Having left her husband, Hilary moves in with her unbalanced brother, Pink, who uses wit and humor to hide his amorous yearnings.
Brotherly Love
1970
A look at life on the Inverness to Kyle railway line in Scotland.
The Line to Skye
1973
The story is set in Scotland and centres on plain-looking Maggie Wylie, whose wealthy family fears she will become a spinster. To ensure her marriage, her family strikes a deal with ambitious, young railroad porter John Shand: they will fund his university education if he agrees to marry Maggie in five years. John honours the agreement, but does not initially love her. Maggie quietly uses her intellect and wit to guide John's political career and write his speeches. Their marriage is threatened when John is tempted by the beautiful aristocrat Lady Sybil Tenterden.
What Every Woman Knows
1978
10.0Two 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
NRIn 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 construction of a great road bridge over the River Clyde in Scotland.
The Erskine Bridge
1972
Series credits
8.0A series of six plays centred on a house in Glasgow, from 1878 to the 1980s.
House on the Hill
1981
8.0A series of six plays centred on a house in Glasgow, from 1878 to the 1980s.
House on the Hill
1981
6.5In the western isles of 1930s Scotland, Peter 'Para Handy' MacFarlane, captain of the puffer Vital Spark, treks around the coastal waters of west Scotland and variously schemes himself and his crew into mischief.
The Vital Spark
1965
7.2Focuses on manic-depressive psychiatrist Daniel Nash, and the Glasgow mental hospital where he works.
Psychos
1999
