Bryan Elsley
Bryan Elsley is a Scottish television writer, best known for creating Skins, together with his son, Jamie Brittain.
Works
Skins
Irreverent comedy drama which follows the messy lives, loves, delirious highs and inevitable lows of a group of raucous teenage friends in Bristol.
Release Date2007-01-25
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count21
Vote Count1295
Casualty
Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.
Release Date1986-09-06
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count5
Vote Count82
Cites
Looking for love, sex, or just someone to move away from the loneliness, the characters in " Cites " meet face to face, after meeting online, laden with uncertainties and hopes. Based on the original format of the British series " Dates " Brian Elsley . Each episode of the series , located in Barcelona , focuses on two of these quotations , which come into play fears , secrets and expectations of its protagonists. A staff relations existing partner network around a character that cross each other and that we will find again throughout the series look.
Release Date2015-04-27
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
Vote Count16
Cites Barcelona
In the 21st Century, when dating has become a matter of texting, smartphone apps and virtual experiences, couples that have met via the internet go on a series of first dates. Catalan adaptation of the 2013 British series "Dates"
Release Date2023-06-12
DepartmentWriting
JobOriginal Concept
Episode Count12
Vote Count12
Skins
A wild ride through the lives of a group of high school friends stumbling through the mine field of adolescence... and stepping on most of the mines as they go.
Release Date2011-01-17
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Episode Count10
Vote Count45
Kiss Me First
To escape reality 17-year-old Leila turns to a secret virtual paradise. Her real journey begins when this digital Eden turns dark.
Release Date2018-04-02
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count5
Vote Count100
Eden
The disappearance of a young woman triggers a devastating chain of events which lays bare the dark, hidden heart of paradise. Long buried secrets are dragged into the open as lives and deeds of local residents intersect over one fractured summer and its aftermath.
Release Date2021-06-11
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Vote Count13
Dates
Dates is a British television romantic drama series created by Bryan Elsley, who also created Skins, which first aired on Channel 4 on 10 June 2013, at 22:00, as part of its "Mating Season" programming, illustrating a series of first dates between online dating service users. The show's target audience is "ABC1".
Release Date2013-06-10
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count2
Vote Count35
Hamish Macbeth
Hamish Macbeth is a comedy-drama series made by BBC Scotland and first aired in 1995. It is loosely based on a series of mystery novels by M. C. Beaton. The series concerns a local police officer, Constable Hamish Macbeth in the fictitious town of Lochdubh on the west coast of Scotland. The titular character was played by Robert Carlyle. It ran for three series from 1995 to 1997, with the first two series having six episodes and the third having eight.
Release Date1995-03-26
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
Vote Count14
My Guide to Becoming a Rock Star
My Guide to Becoming a Rock Star is an American comedy television series starring Oliver Hudson. The series premiered March 14, 2002 on The WB Television Network. It is based on the UK series The Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star.
Release Date2002-03-14
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
Rose and Maloney
Rose and Maloney investigate old criminal cases, seeking to rectify miscarriages of justice.
Release Date2002-09-29
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Episode Count11
Vote Count4
The Crow Road
History student Prentice returns home to attend his grandmother’s funeral. As the McHoan family gathers together to mark the solemn occasion, old disagreements continue to fester and old acquaintances are renewed. Following the unexpected death of another close relative, Prentice begins to question the past: why did his Uncle Rory suddenly disappear and where did he go? Reading his Uncle Rory’s unpublished novel may provide the answers he is seeking but it also unearths some dark family secrets he didn’t bargain for.
Release Date1996-11-04
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count4
Vote Count13
The Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star
The 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.
Release Date1998-11-10
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count6
Vote Count6
40
Seven 40-year-olds are drawn together by a disturbing school reunion. Long-standing sexual tensions and emotional conflicts come to a head as the surreal secrets of apparently normal lives are revealed. Acting as a catalyst, the reunion forces the seven friends into a re-evaluation of their past and the present—and brings about an unexpected future.
Release Date2003-04-08
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Episode Count3
Vote Count2
The Play on One
A series of plays specially written for television.
Release Date1988-01-19
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
Vote Count3
Counsels
Follow five young lawyers who once trained together at one of Scotland's elite law schools, but are now scattered across the profession and find themselves facing each other in the courts of Glasgow. Some will rise to the top, while others risk losing everything as their careers teeter on the edge when they lock horns in their biggest cases yet. The ambitious lawyers must navigate a legal battlefield where their friendships begin to fracture, love affairs crumble, and the fight for justice threatens to tear them all apart.
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Roughnecks
Roughnecks is a BBC comedy-drama series that ran over two series between 1994 and 1995 on BBC One. The show centred on the working and personal lives of those who worked on the fictional oil rig "The Osprey Explorer" in the North Sea.
Release Date1994-06-16
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count13
Vote Count2
Nature Boy
A sensitive young man who relishes time in nature is at odds with the rough urban culture in which he lives.
Release Date2000-02-14
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count4
Vote Count1
Complicity
Local journalist, Cameron Colley writes articles that are idealistic, from the viewpoint of the underdog. A twisted serial killer seems to have some motives. His brutal murders are also committed on behalf of the underdog. The stories begin to merge and Cameron find himself inextricably and inextricably implicated by the brutal killer. The arms dealer that Cameron plans to expose is found literally 'disarmed' before he can put pen to paper. The brewery chief, loathed by Cameron, who sold up at the expense of his workers, finds himself permanently unemployable. The police are convened of Cameron's guilt and so are half his friends and colleagues. Cameron is forced to employ all his investigative skills to find the real killer and his motive.
Release Date2000-05-06
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count13
Govan Ghost Story
Old memories are awakened in a terrifying and dangerous way when Jock McGinn counters a strange little girl in the flats where he lives. A crucial stepping-stone in the career of distinguished actor and director David Hayman. It was also a seminal work of writer Bryan Elsley who would go on to create the award-winning Skins series.
Release Date1989-03-07
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Dates (Erica & Kate)
Erica, a lesbian who cannot tell her traditional Chinese family, meets the experienced Kate in a bar and, although Kate is annoyed to find that Erica has been with men, they go home for sex. Next morning Kate is scathing when Erica tells her she is afraid to come out to her family but they still agree to meet for brunch. After Kate has left Erica receives a phone call from a man.
Release Date2013-06-18
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
The Love Box in Your Living Room
Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse tell the true story of Britain’s evolution over the last century through the life of the BBC, by turning complete fictions into a staggering array of hard facts.
Release Date2022-10-27
Vote Count1