Val McDermid

Wire in the Blood

Clinical psychologist Dr Tony Hill's uncanny ability to see into the minds of murderers means he finds it difficult to distance himself from disturbing cases.

Release Date2002-11-14

DepartmentWriting

JobCharacters

Charactersd Journalist

Episode Count1

Vote Count73

Have I Got News for You

Hilarious, totally-irreverent, near-slanderous political quiz show, based mainly on news stories from the last week or so, that leaves no party, personality or action unscathed in pursuit of laughs.

Release Date1990-09-28

Charactersd Self

Episode Count1

Vote Count79

Have I Got a Bit More News for You

Based on the week’s news and fronted by guest hosts, this extended version of the satirical news quiz features more of the stuff that wouldn't fit into the regular programme.

Charactersd Self - Panellist

Episode Count1

Vote Count17

Question Time

This topical debate series based on Any Questions? typically features politicians from at least the three major political parties as well as other public figures who answer pre-selected questions put to them by a carefully selected audience.

Release Date1979-09-25

Charactersd Self - Panellist

Episode Count6

Vote Count13

Richard Osman's House of Games

Each week a group of four famous faces go toe to toe in testing their general knowledge skills in a variety of entertaining games.

Release Date2017-09-04

Charactersd Self - Contestant

Episode Count5

Vote Count24

The Big Questions

Nicky Campbell hosts a series of moral, ethical and religious debates.

Release Date2007-09-09

Charactersd Self

Episode Count1

Vote Count3

In My Own Words

Get up close to artists, writers, actors, comedians and poets – and discover both what fires their imaginations and the forces that have shaped their extraordinary lives.

Release Date2024-09-02

Charactersd Self

Episode Count1

Billy Connolly: Made in Scotland

Two-part series with intimate interviews with Billy Connolly, providing unique insight into the early influences and motivations that made this comedy legend the man he is today.

Release Date2018-12-28

Charactersd Self

Episode Count2

Vote Count5

Queer as Art

Documentary celebrating the LGBTQ contribution to the arts in Britain in the 50 years since decriminalisation. It features interviews with leading figures from right across the arts in Britain, including Stephen Fry, David Hockney, Sir Antony Sher, Alan Cumming, Sandi Toksvig, Jeanette Winterson, Will Young and Alan Hollinghurst, and it explores the distinctive perspectives and voices that LGBT artists have brought to British cultural life.

Release Date2017-07-27

Charactersd Self

Vote Count4

Gerry Rafferty: Right Down the Line

Gerry Rafferty, who died in January 2011, was one of Scotland's best-loved singer/songwriters, famous around the world for hits such as "Baker Street" and "Stuck in the Middle With You". This ArtWorks Scotland film, narrated by David Tennant, tells the story of Rafferty's life through his often autobiographical songs and includes contributions from Gerry's daughter Martha and brother Jim, friends and colleagues including Billy Connolly, John Byrne, and Joe Egan, admirers such as Tom Robinson and La Roux, and words and music from Rafferty himself.

Release Date2011-08-29

Charactersd Self

Elementary My Dear Viewer

Richard E. Grant looks at the history of Sherlock Holmes, including the many movie and TV adaptations.

Release Date2007-11-17

Charactersd Self

Lefties: A Lot Of Balls

News on Sunday was a left-wing tabloid that launched to great fanfare in 1987 and went bankrupt just eight weeks later. It was one of the boldest business ventures ever attempted by the far left and it was a disaster. A group who met through a tiny left-wing faction called Big Flame were convinced it was possible to market a left-wing mass-circulation newspaper. They were led by ex-Ford worker Alan Hayling (now head of BBC Documentaries) under the editorial leadership of John Pilger, who walked out before the paper had even launched.

Release Date2006-02-22

Charactersd Self

Terry Pratchett: Back in Black

A poignant and humorous film telling the life story of the hugely popular author of the discworld series of books, in his own words.

Release Date2017-02-11

Charactersd Self

Vote Count7

Beyond Burns

Scots Makar Jackie Kay looks at the lives of some of the extraordinary, and often overlooked, poets that Scotland has produced and how they have told, and continue to tell, our nation's story.

Release Date2021-01-24

Charactersd Self

Karen Pirie

When a 25-year-old murder in St Andrews becomes the subject of a provocative true-crime podcast, DS Karen Pirie is tasked with heading up a review. Digging up the past, Karen uncovers fresh evidence and a potential perpetrator. But when suspects start coming under attack, the cold case turns into an active investigation. Can Karen find the killer before it’s too late?

Release Date2022-09-25

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count6

Vote Count84

Traces

Set against the stunning Scottish landscape in and around Dundee, three compelling female characters — Emma Hedges, Prof. Sarah Gordon and Prof. Kathy Torrance — join forces to uncover the truth about an unsolved murder case that's very close to home.

Release Date2019-12-09

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count12

Vote Count50

Place of Execution

On a freezing December night in 1963, 13-year-old Alison Carter took her dog for a walk and was never seen again. As the entire country watched, newly-promoted Detective Inspector George Bennett turned up enough evidence to see his suspect hanged and was hailed a hero by the people of Scardale. More than four decades later, the lingering cloud left by the missing body of Alison Carter compels controversial filmmaker Catherine Heathcote to turn her camera to Bennett.

Release Date2008-09-22

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Episode Count3

Vote Count20

4 garçons dans la nuit

In 1995, four student friends formed a band. Upon returning from a party, they discover the body of a young waitress of 19 years at the edge of a road. The young woman died in their arms. Commissioner suspect the four boys but can not prove it. None of them admit ... Fifteen years later, on the anniversary of the death of the young waitress, one of four men killed by a bomb hidden in his apartment ...

Release Date2010-05-18

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count3