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The Crow Road: With Joe McFadden, Bill Paterson, Peter Capaldi, Valerie Edmond. An adaption of Iain Banks' dark novel, whose central character is a young Scots history student.
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- 1996-11-04
- Drama
- 211
Plot summary. This Bildungsroman is set in the fictional Argyll town of Gallanach, the real village of Lochgair, and in Glasgow, where the adult Prentice McHoan lives. Prentice's uncle Rory disappeared eight years previously while writing a book called The Crow Road.
- Iain Banks
- 1992
The Crow Road is a four-part television miniseries by BBC Scotland in 1996, based faithfully on the 1992 novel of the same name by Scottish novelist Iain Banks. It was directed by Gavin Millar.
May 23, 2024 · Written by John Winterson Richards for Television Heaven. Brilliantly suspenseful and moving drama in which Prentice McHoan’s investigation into the disappearance of his Uncle Rory uncovers his relatives’ long-buried secrets, and the lengths we’ll go to in order to protect those we love.
An elaborate mystery of family secrets, sex and death, The Crow Road (BBC, 1996) was a refreshingly modern adaptation at a time when British television was dominated by lavish period classics like Middlemarch (BBC, 1994) and Pride and Prejudice (BBC, 1996).
- Gavin Millar
- Bradley Adams
- Iain Banks
- Bryan Elsley
The Crow Road is a coming-of-age story as only Iain Banks could write — an arresting combination of dark humor, menace, and thought-provoking meditations on the nature of love, mortality, and identity.
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The Crow Road (TV Miniseries) is a TV Series directed by Gavin Millar with Joe McFadden, Bill Paterson, Peter Capaldi, Valerie Edmond .... Year: 1996. Original title: The Crow Road. Synopsis: Prentice McHoan, a young Scots history student.
