1950-tieji metai, baržoje, kursuojančioje tarp Glazgo ir Edinburgo, prieglobstį randa jaunas rašytojas Džo Teiloras. Jis keliauja drauge su anglis plukdančia šeima – Ela, jos vyru ir mažuoju sūneliu Džimiu. Vieną rūškaną rytą uosto vandenyse vyrai pastebi plūduriuojantį kūną – dar kelios akimirkos ir iš gelmės glėbio ištraukiamas jaunos merginos lavonas. Vien apatiniais vilkinti skenduolė visoje apylinkėje sukelia daugybę kalbų ir spėlionių. Policija neabejoja, kad ji – nusikaltimo auka. Ši istorija atsiduria pirmuosiuose laikraščių puslapiuose. Niekas nė neįtaria, kad paslaptingasis Džo Teiloras pažinojo mirusią merginą. Tai buvusi jo meilužė Katrina Demli, su kuria vyriškis susipažino paplūdimyje ir užmezgė keletą mėnesių trukusį romaną.
Kas būtų jei staiga visi žmonės prarastų savo pojūčius, valgytų maistą ir nejaustų jo skonio, uostų kvapus ir negalėtų užuosti jų kvapo. Siuzan yra mokslininkė dirbanti epidemijų srityje, o Maiklas virtuvės šefas. Siuzan gauna pacientą, kuris prarado uoslę ir negali nieko užuosti. Pasirodo, yra mažas procentas žmonių, kurie po emocinių sukrėtimų praranda vieną ar kelis pojūčius. Tirdama šį atvejį jinai pastebi, kad šis sutrikimas gresia visam pasauliui.
A young Scottish singer, Rose-Lynn Harlan, dreams of making it as a country artist in Nashville after being released from prison.
A young man upsets his Punjabi family when he falls in love with an Irish schoolteacher.
In 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.
James Gillespie is 12 years old. The world he knew is changing. Haunted by a secret, he has become a stranger in his own family. He is drawn to the canal where he creates a world of his own. He finds an awkward tenderness with Margaret Anne, a vulnerable 14 year old expressing a need for love in all the wrong ways, and befriends Kenny, who possesses an unusual innocence in spite of the harsh surroundings.
Determined to have a normal family life once his mother gets out of prison, a Scottish teenager from a tough background sets out to raise the money for a home.
Two thirtysomethings, unemployed former alcoholic Joe and community health worker Sarah, start a romantic relationship in the one of the toughest Glasgow neighbourhoods.
A Glasgow man visits war-torn Nicaragua with a refugee tormented by her memories.
The strange comedy film of two close brothers; one, Wilbur, who wants to kill himself, and the other, Harbour, who tries to prevent this. When their father dies leaving them his bookstore they meet a woman who makes their lives a bit better yet with a bit more trouble as well.
A madly-in-love young couple's relationship begins to suffer when they struggle to conceive a child.
Jackie is a CCTV operator. Each day, she watches over a small part of the world, protecting the people living their lives under her gaze. One day, a man shows his face on her monitor, a man she thought she would never see again, a man she hoped never to see again. Now she has no choice and is compelled to confront him.
The middle-class family of a young woman cannot understand why she delays in marrying a respectable young man. They know nothing about her long-standing affair with a Frenchman.
The poor, elderly—and the wily, when it comes to parting those who can afford it from their money—Scottish skipper of a broken-down old 'puffer' boat tricks an American tycoon into paying him to transport his personal cargo. When the tycoon learns of the trick, he attempts to track down the boat and remove his possessions.
Radio host Alan 'Dickie' Bird witnesses how an icecream van is attacked and destroyed by angry competitors. This leads him into the struggle between two Italian families over the icecream market of Glasgow.
Ronnie, Wal, Andy and Vic are four bored, unemployed teens in dreary, rainy Glasgow. Ronnie comes up with a great idea. He has noticed that stainless steel sinks are worth a lot of money and comes up with a complicated scheme: to steal sinks from a warehouse dressed as girls and using a stop-motion-potion.
After a car accident, Lizzie lies dead on the roadside - slowly she is taken into the light - but is pulled back to earth when she is revived by the doctors. Lizzie feels sure that during the 184 seconds that she lay dead, something latched on to her and came back into her world. The nightmares and visions that follow only crystallize her belief that she should have died in the crash... Then the disturbances start, at first merely tappings and bad smells - but soon the activity escalates. Lizzie seems to be the focus, but according to others, she's just playing games for attention. Only when Kate, her mother, is confronted with inexplicable events does she face the possibility that they may be the victims of a poltergeist infestation
A young man has recently become homeless on the streets of Glasgow, Scotland. He meets and befriends an older homeless man who takes him under his wing. A conversation begins between the two that leads to dark revelations.
Tony Roper wrote 'The Steamie' for Glasgow's Mayfest in 1987. Return to Hogmany 1957 when a fiesty group of Glasgow women; Mrs Culfeathers, Dolly, Doreen and the irrepressible Magrit, all meet at The Steamie to do the traditional family wash before the New Year. The Steamie is a hilarious cameo of Glasgow's social history where the washing was always easier to do when the Women shared their laugher and sorrow and a scandalous supply of gossip. This is the definitive version of the most popular play of the last 20 years with the all star cast of Dorothy Paul as Magrit, Eileen McCallum as Dolly, Kate Murphy as Doreen, Sheila McDonald as Mrs Culfeathers and a very young Peter Mullan as Andy, the whisky loving handy man.
The true story of Jimmy Boyle, who was reputed to be Scotland's most violent man.