Billy McElhaney
Actor
Movies14
Movie6.5DramaIt's winter in a small Scottish village near the sea, and multiple lives intersect in a day. Frances has just lost her husband to an early death, so her mother, Elspeth, travels to Frances' house to reconnect with her daughter and grandson, Alex. Meanwhile, old women Chloe and Lily go to a funeral, youngsters Sam and Tom cut class, and Alex gets a crush on tomboy Nita.
The Winter Guest
1997 · 54 votes
Movie6.2ComedyDramaA surreal triptych adapted by "Trainspotting" author Irvine Welsh from his acclaimed collection of short stories. Combining a vicious sense of humor with hard-talking drama, the film reaches into the hearts and minds of the chemical generation, casting a dark and unholy light into the hidden corners of the human psyche.
The Acid House
1998 · 145 votes
Movie7.0TV MovieComedyAn off-beat romantic comedy about the complex relationships between the inhabitants of a Glasgow tenement block. The final film in the Love Bites trilogy.
Ruffian Hearts
1995 · 1 votes
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Dancer chronicles the trials of a painter, Brian, who is trying to trace the identity of the elusive Ray Bolger. His discovery leads him along a well-known road.
Dancer
2003 · 1 votes
Movie7.0DramaCrimeSet in the bleak backdrop of Edinburgh a low level drug dealer strives for making a living and surviving the natural elements of such an environment day to day.
Shoot for the Sun
1987 · 1 votes
MovieDramaIn Edinburgh washed up country-and-western singer John McGuire is broke and his family is emigrating. He and grandson Billy share the same dreams. They run away together in search of John's wealthy American ex-co-star Betsy Hall.
Movie6.6ComedyRadio 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.
Comfort and Joy
1984 · 66 votes
Movie7.2ComedyDramaVic 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 · 9 votes
Movie10.0ComedyDramaOn 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 · 1 votes
Movie5.6HorrorCrimeA biopic about convicted murderer Larry Winters.
Silent Scream
1990 · 8 votes
MovieDramaAn out of work father is under pressure from social workers and his criminal friends.
The Riveter
1988
Movie7.0DramaTV MovieAnnie Kirk's life is in chaos. She is broke, unemployed, can't pay her poll tax and has two boyfriends she wants to be shot of. She is determined to break out, but how can she get the cash? Annie dreams up an ingenious plan - having a baby. The plan has alarming consequences.
Dream Baby
1989 · 1 votes
MovieRangers' Danish import Brian Laudrup reflects on a life in football and also demonstrates the skills that have singled him out from the Scottish Premier Division. He talks about his appearances for Denmark and Rangers, and comments on the state of modern football.
Movie10.0DramaComedyA young boy who has recently lost his mother finds new meaning when a shooting star lands in his garden.
The Star
1996 · 1 votes
Series6
TV7.1DramaSeries of single made-for-television dramas.
Screen Two
1985 · 7 votes
TV6.0DramaA series of television plays, some original, some based on pre-existing plays or novels.
The Play on One
1988 · 3 votes
TVAction & AdventureDramaIn the fictional Scottish Highlands town of Glenntannoch, Dr Gordon Urquhart leads a mountain rescue team, whose major missions and incidents are based on real life ones conducted by the Lochaber Mountain Rescue service.
Rockface
2002
TV5.8ComedyThe Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star is a British comedy series, which aired on Channel 4 in 1998. It was a six-part satirical take on the music industry, written by Skins creator Bryan Elsley. The plot centered around a young Glaswegian band - Jocks Wa Hey - as they struggle to find success. The series won the 'Best Drama Serial' award at the 1999 RTS Television Awards and, that same year, writer Bryan Esley was nominated in the RTS 'Best Writer' category for the series. It was remade as My Guide to Becoming a Rock Star, a short-lived American/Canadian series that starred Oliver Hudson and was made for the now defunct The WB Television Network.
The Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star
1998 · 8 votes
TV7.2ComedyHapless bank clerk Willie Melvin dreams of being a successful writer but is held back by his own incompetence, the dodgy dealings of his best friend Chancer, and lack of support from his mother, the bank's manager Adam McLelland and his obsequious fellow teller, Brian.
City Lights
1986 · 6 votes
TV6.0DramaJute City is a 1991 BBC three-part thriller television series starring David O'Hara, Joanna Roth, and Clive Russell. Set in Dundee and Ullapool, the drama follows Duncan Kerr investigating his brother's suspicious death amid local corruption and money laundering
Jute City
1991 · 1 votes