Paul Young

Scottish actor and presenter. Born in Edinburgh on 3rd July 1944 to an actor father, Paul made his debut as a child actor in the 1955 movie Geordie. In 1965, Paul became an off shore pirate radio DJ and and was the first voice heard when Radio Scotland launched, and presented the popular Ceilidh programme of traditional Scottish music. Returning to acting later in the decade, Paul has gone on to appear in numerous plays, films and television dramas. A keen angler, he has presented fishing programmes on Scottish television for many years. The first was Hooked on Scotland for the BBC. This was followed by Hooked on Scottish for ITV and more recently Hooked for the satellite and cable channel Discovery Home and Leisure.

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Margaret's Museum (1995)

In a town where half the men die down the coalpit, Margaret MacNeil is quite happy being single in her small Cape Breton island town. Until she meets Neil Currie, a charming and sincere bagpipe-playing, Gaelic-speaking dishwasher. But no matter what you do, you ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mort Ransen
CAST:  Helena Bonham Carter  •  Clive Russell  •  Craig Olejnik  •  Kate Nelligan

In a town where half the men die down the coalpit, Margaret MacNeil is quite happy being single in her small Cape Breton island town. Until she meets Neil Currie, a charming and sincere bagpipe-playing, Gaelic-speaking dishwasher. But no matter what you do, you ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mort Ransen
CAST:  Helena Bonham Carter  •  Clive Russell  •  Craig Olejnik  •  Kate Nelligan

S.O.S. Titanic (1980)

The Titanic disaster as seen through the eyes of one couple in each of the three classes on board.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Hale
CAST:  David Janssen  •  Cloris Leachman  •  Susan Saint James  •  David Warner

The Titanic disaster as seen through the eyes of one couple in each of the three classes on board.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Hale
CAST:  David Janssen  •  Cloris Leachman  •  Susan Saint James  •  David Warner

Complicity (2000)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gavin Millar
CAST:  Jonny Lee Miller  •  Brian Cox  •  Keeley Hawes  •  Paul Higgins

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gavin Millar
CAST:  Jonny Lee Miller  •  Brian Cox  •  Keeley Hawes  •  Paul Higgins

Lorna Doone (1990)

A feisty 17th-century Scotswoman falls in love with a despised landowner, to the dismay of her father.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew Grieve
CAST:  Michael MacKenzie  •  Andrew Ferguson  •  Sean Bean  •  Claire Madden

A feisty 17th-century Scotswoman falls in love with a despised landowner, to the dismay of her father.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew Grieve
CAST:  Michael MacKenzie  •  Andrew Ferguson  •  Sean Bean  •  Claire Madden

Submarine X-1 (1969)

After losing a submarine and fifty crew in a battle with a German ship during WWII, a Royal Navy officer gets a second chance in a daring raid with midget subs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William A. Graham
CAST:  James Caan  •  David Sumner  •  Norman Bowler  •  Brian Grellis

After losing a submarine and fifty crew in a battle with a German ship during WWII, a Royal Navy officer gets a second chance in a daring raid with midget subs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William A. Graham
CAST:  James Caan  •  David Sumner  •  Norman Bowler  •  Brian Grellis

Another Time, Another Place (1983)

Set in 1943 in Scotland during World War II. Janie is a young housewife married to a man named Dougal, 15 years her senior. As part of a war rehabilitation program, Janie and Dougal welcome three Italian POWs to work on their farm. Soon, Janie falls in love with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Radford
CAST:  Phyllis Logan  •  Giovanni Mauriello  •  Tom Watson  •  Gianluca Favilla

Set in 1943 in Scotland during World War II. Janie is a young housewife married to a man named Dougal, 15 years her senior. As part of a war rehabilitation program, Janie and Dougal welcome three Italian POWs to work on their farm. Soon, Janie falls in love with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Radford
CAST:  Phyllis Logan  •  Giovanni Mauriello  •  Tom Watson  •  Gianluca Favilla

The Girl in the Picture (1986)

Alan and Mary are pretty miserable together and split up. As a very presentable Glaswegian photographer, Alan soon has chances to find consolation elsewhere, but more and more thinks of Mary. She, however, seems a lot less keen to try again.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cary Parker
CAST:  John Gordon Sinclair  •  Irina Brook  •  Gregor Fisher  •  Simone Lahbib

Alan and Mary are pretty miserable together and split up. As a very presentable Glaswegian photographer, Alan soon has chances to find consolation elsewhere, but more and more thinks of Mary. She, however, seems a lot less keen to try again.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cary Parker
CAST:  John Gordon Sinclair  •  Irina Brook  •  Gregor Fisher  •  Simone Lahbib

Chato's Land (1972)

A posse pursues Pardon Chato (Charles Bronson) a mestizo indian after he killed a US marshal in self-defense. As they get deeper into Indian territory, just who is hunting who.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Winner
CAST:  Charles Bronson  •  Jack Palance  •  James Whitmore  •  Simon Oakland

A posse pursues Pardon Chato (Charles Bronson) a mestizo indian after he killed a US marshal in self-defense. As they get deeper into Indian territory, just who is hunting who.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Winner
CAST:  Charles Bronson  •  Jack Palance  •  James Whitmore  •  Simon Oakland

One Last Chance (2004)

A group of slackers think they have found gold in the Highlands.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stewart Svaasand
CAST:  Kevin McKidd  •  Iain Robertson  •  Jamie Sives  •  Jimmy Chisholm

A group of slackers think they have found gold in the Highlands.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stewart Svaasand
CAST:  Kevin McKidd  •  Iain Robertson  •  Jamie Sives  •  Jimmy Chisholm

A Change of Seasons (1980)

Marriage takes a sour turn when a middle-aged husband falls for a young and sexy woman. Things get even more complicated when his wife starts a hot affair with a younger lover of her own.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Lang
CAST:  Shirley MacLaine  •  Anthony Hopkins  •  Bo Derek  •  Michael Brandon

Marriage takes a sour turn when a middle-aged husband falls for a young and sexy woman. Things get even more complicated when his wife starts a hot affair with a younger lover of her own.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Lang
CAST:  Shirley MacLaine  •  Anthony Hopkins  •  Bo Derek  •  Michael Brandon

Madame Sin (1972)

A CIA agent is used as a pawn in an insane woman's plan to steal a Polaris submarine.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Greene
CAST:  Bette Davis  •  Robert Wagner  •  Denholm Elliott  •  Gordon Jackson

A CIA agent is used as a pawn in an insane woman's plan to steal a Polaris submarine.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Greene
CAST:  Bette Davis  •  Robert Wagner  •  Denholm Elliott  •  Gordon Jackson

Geordie (1955)

Concerned about his small stature, a young Scottish boy applies for a mail-order body building course, successfully gaining both height and strength. The film was released as "Wee Geordie" in the USA.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Launder
CAST:  Alastair Sim  •  Bill Travers  •  Norah Gorsen  •  Molly Urquhart

Concerned about his small stature, a young Scottish boy applies for a mail-order body building course, successfully gaining both height and strength. The film was released as "Wee Geordie" in the USA.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Launder
CAST:  Alastair Sim  •  Bill Travers  •  Norah Gorsen  •  Molly Urquhart

Regeneration (1997)

Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon, two of England's most important World War I poets are sent, along with other traumatized combatants, to a rest home in order to treat their emotional troubles, caused by the psychological fatigue that suffer the soldiers fighting ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gillies MacKinnon
CAST:  Jonathan Pryce  •  James Wilby  •  Jonny Lee Miller  •  Stuart Bunce

Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon, two of England's most important World War I poets are sent, along with other traumatized combatants, to a rest home in order to treat their emotional troubles, caused by the psychological fatigue that suffer the soldiers fighting ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gillies MacKinnon
CAST:  Jonathan Pryce  •  James Wilby  •  Jonny Lee Miller  •  Stuart Bunce

My Life So Far (1999)

A memoir of the lives of a family growing up on a post World War I British estate headed up by a strong disciplinarian, her daughter, her inventor husband, their ten year old son and his older sister. Through the household comes a number of suitors hoping to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hugh Hudson
CAST:  Colin Firth  •  Rosemary Harris  •  Irène Jacob  •  Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

A memoir of the lives of a family growing up on a post World War I British estate headed up by a strong disciplinarian, her daughter, her inventor husband, their ten year old son and his older sister. Through the household comes a number of suitors hoping to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hugh Hudson
CAST:  Colin Firth  •  Rosemary Harris  •  Irène Jacob  •  Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

Death Watch (1980)

In a future world where the disease has been finally defeated and everything can be sold, even the crude spectacle of death, the rare case of a dying woman becomes the morbid theme of a revolutionary reality show, broadcast through the curious eyes of a peculiar camera.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bertrand Tavernier
CAST:  Romy Schneider  •  Harvey Keitel  •  Harry Dean Stanton  •  Max von Sydow

In a future world where the disease has been finally defeated and everything can be sold, even the crude spectacle of death, the rare case of a dying woman becomes the morbid theme of a revolutionary reality show, broadcast through the curious eyes of a peculiar camera.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bertrand Tavernier
CAST:  Romy Schneider  •  Harvey Keitel  •  Harry Dean Stanton  •  Max von Sydow

Brigadista (1985)

When best-selling author James Fuller Hayes comes to Glasgow to publicise his personal account of the Spanish Civil War, a surprise reunion with two of his old comrades from the Int Brigade reveals contradictory & devastating information. Technically, this was the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chris Lovett
CAST:  Paul Rogers  •  Patricia Brake  •  James Copeland  •  Paul Young

When best-selling author James Fuller Hayes comes to Glasgow to publicise his personal account of the Spanish Civil War, a surprise reunion with two of his old comrades from the Int Brigade reveals contradictory & devastating information. Technically, this was the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chris Lovett
CAST:  Paul Rogers  •  Patricia Brake  •  James Copeland  •  Paul Young

Leaving (1989)

A moving, comic tale of three boys about to leave a grim Catholic School in Greenock, Scotland, who find they must each choose a different path in life as they face the future.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sandy Johnson
CAST:  Kenneth McFadyen  •  Gary Greer  •  Alan Summers  •  Hugh Ross

A moving, comic tale of three boys about to leave a grim Catholic School in Greenock, Scotland, who find they must each choose a different path in life as they face the future.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sandy Johnson
CAST:  Kenneth McFadyen  •  Gary Greer  •  Alan Summers  •  Hugh Ross

Let's Be Happy (1957)

On receiving an inheritance from her grandfather, Canadian Jeannie MacLean decides to visit the family's Scottish roots. On the plane she meets businessman Stanley Smith, and romance blossoms in Edinburgh. The complications begin when Stanley breaks a date with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Levin
CAST:  Vera-Ellen  •  Tony Martin  •  Robert Flemyng  •  Zena Marshall

On receiving an inheritance from her grandfather, Canadian Jeannie MacLean decides to visit the family's Scottish roots. On the plane she meets businessman Stanley Smith, and romance blossoms in Edinburgh. The complications begin when Stanley breaks a date with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Levin
CAST:  Vera-Ellen  •  Tony Martin  •  Robert Flemyng  •  Zena Marshall

My Fragile Heart (2000)

Trina Lavery returns home to Stoke after 20 years, to look after her ill mother. She learns that Bernard Cleve is also living in Stoke. Bernard was accused of killing Trinas best friend many years ago but was never convicted. Another girl is killed and Bernard is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gavin Millar
CAST:  Sarah Lancashire  •  Lorcan Cranitch  •  John McArdle  •  Anne Stallybrass

Trina Lavery returns home to Stoke after 20 years, to look after her ill mother. She learns that Bernard Cleve is also living in Stoke. Bernard was accused of killing Trinas best friend many years ago but was never convicted. Another girl is killed and Bernard is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gavin Millar
CAST:  Sarah Lancashire  •  Lorcan Cranitch  •  John McArdle  •  Anne Stallybrass

Still Game: Live in Glasgow (2014)

Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill are back and reviving their much loved characters Jack Jarvis and Victor McDade for the first time in years! They've not been seen on the small screen since a Hogmanay special in January 2008, but this year sees a full reunion of the ...  (more)

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CAST:  Ford Kiernan  •  Greg Hemphill  •  Paul Riley  •  Mark Cox

Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill are back and reviving their much loved characters Jack Jarvis and Victor McDade for the first time in years! They've not been seen on the small screen since a Hogmanay special in January 2008, but this year sees a full reunion of the ...  (more)

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CAST:  Ford Kiernan  •  Greg Hemphill  •  Paul Riley  •  Mark Cox
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