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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.
- (820)
- 1996-11-04
- Drama
- 211
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.
S1.E2 ∙ Kenneth. After drunkenly making a fool of himself at his Uncle Fergus' New Years Eve party, Prentice has a talk with his father. His father sheds a little light on Rory's disappearance, but the father and son relationship sours once again.
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.
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
1/4 Student Prentice McHoan embarks on a complex journey through his family history. All episodes of Original.
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Read our critical review of The Crow Road (episode one), the BBC4 Iain Banks adaptation starring Joseph McFadden and Peter Capaldi.
