Kevin Collins

Suite à la disparition mystérieuse d'une jeune fille, le sergent Neil Howie débarque sur l'île de Summerisle afin de mener son enquête. Très vite, Howie est surpris par les mœurs libertaires de la communauté qu'il découvre, leur goût du secret et par Lord Summerisle, un homme charismatique qui semble régner sur l'île.

It's the day of the Orange Parade in Glasgow, but for Jon, the thrill of leading the parade and swinging the mace soon turns to horror as he learns the truth behind the costumes and songs.

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.

In their songs, comedy and exuberant music, a travelling theatre company give a fiercely polemic account of Scottish history, from the aftermath of Culloden to the oil boom. Their production before a live audience is intercut with filmed reconstructions of the Highland Clearances and the Victorian obsession with hunting stags.