1 9 7 8 (UK) 6 x 30 minute episodes Set in the 1920s, this children’s programme from BBC Scotland featured an imprisoned Russian princess (Emma…
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1 9 6 9 – 1 9 7 1 (UK) 15 minute episodes Scotland’s very first TV soap opera was about life in a Glasgow tower…
1 9 8 0 – 2 0 0 3 (UK) 1517 x 30 minute episodes This twice-weekly Scottish lunchtime soap opera was set in the fictitious…
Born in 1938 in the Scottish town of Pittenweem, in Fife, Ian Stewart was working as a shipping clerk at a London chemical company when…
The theft of a consignment of stainless steel sinks is planned with the intricacy of a diamond heist by a group of amiably feckless unemployed Glasgow…
Formed around Scottish singer Maggie Bell the band worked initially in clubs and air bases around the UK and Europe before arriving in London in 1969…
Prior to Stealers Wheel, Gerry Rafferty had played in a Clydesdale folk duo called The Humblebums in the late 60s with superstar-comedian-to-be Billy Connolly. Billy would introduce…
Slik formed in the mid-70s from the ashes of a Glasgow (Scotland) heavy metal group called Salvation which contained Jim McGinlay and his brother Kevin.…
The Skids formed in Dunfermline, Scotland, in 1977. The singles Sweet Suburbia and The Saints Are Coming both made commercial inroads before the mighty Into…
Bowie-influenced Scottish punk band Johnny & The Self Abusers changed their name to Simple Minds for New Wave fame and glimmered through the early 80’s by adding Krautrock and Eurodisco…
Sheena Shirley Orr was born in 1959 in Bellshill, Scotland, and began performing while studying speech and drama at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music…
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band placed five albums in the UK Top 20 in three years and were considered capable of much more. Growing up…
The Poets began life in 1962 when George Gallacher (vocals) joined forces with Hume Paton (lead & 12-string guitar), Tony Myles (rhythm guitar), John Dawson…
Singer/bassist David Paton spent his early years in Leith (Edinburgh) and then moved to the tough district of Inch, later joining The Bay City Rollers. While…
Craig and Charlie Reid were born in 1962 in Leith, a dockland suburb of Edinburgh, with Craig arriving 30 minutes after his twin brother Charlie.…
Originally a guitar pop band formed by early Jesus & Mary Chain drummer Bobby Gillespie, Primal Scream got harder, wilder and heavier as the decade wore on,…
Formed in 1983 in the famous Tennants Bar in Glasgow, Lloyd Cole & The Commotions built a reputation for studenty, jangly and thoughtful guitar pop.…
Formed in East Kilbride, Scotland, this indie quartet originally comprised William Reid (vocals, guitar), Jim Reid (vocals, guitar), Douglas Hart (bass) and Murray Dalglish (drums).…
Justin Currie formed Del Amitri in Glasgow at the dawn of the 1980s. The band meandered directionless until the autumn of 1982 when 17-year old…
Scottish band Deacon Blue were named after the track Deacon Blues from Steely Dan’s 1977 album, Aja. Frontman Ricky Ross (a youth worker by profession) had been submitting demo…
