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44 Scotland Street

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By Alexander McCall Smith. Drama following the residents of Edinburgh's Georgian New Town.

Dramatisation by Alexander McCall Smith of his quirky tales concerning the residents of Edinburgh's Georgian New Town.

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15 Minute Drama: 44 Scotland Street

Crawford Logan

Carol Ann Crawford

Anita Vettesse

James Rottger

Emma Currie

David Jackson Young

Simon Kerr

Helen Mackay

Alexander McCall Smith

David Neville

44 Scotland Street: Series 5: Episode 1

Episode 1

Series 5

BBC Radio 4 - 44 Scotland Street, Series 5, Episode 1

Life and love is full of surprises in Edinburgh's New Town; is there something in the air?

Life and love is full of surprises in Edinburgh's New Town. More quirky tales regarding the residents of 44 Scotland Street.

44 Scotland Street - Series 5
written & dramatised by Alexander McCall Smith

Episode 1: Monday

Life and love in Scotland Street is full of surprises. Bruce has a new girlfriend with a chequered past; Bertie encourages his mother to travel, and his father, Stuart, has a poetic encounter in Big Lou's cafe.

Edinburgh's Georgian New Town is the setting for the quirky tales and 'goings on' of Alexander McCall Smith's much loved characters from his bestselling series of books, 44 Scotland Street.

In this new series, Bruce, a young surveyor, is smitten by an adventurous Australian girl, but is she all she seems? Edinburgh's most hot housed seven year-old, Bertie Pollok, is up for the role of Macbeth in the school play. Meanwhile his father, Stuart, meets a young poet who may just turn his head. All this and more, observed by portrait painter Angus Lordie and his dog, Cyril - the only canine in Scotland with a gold tooth.

Cast:
ANGUS LORDIE ............................................... CRAWFORD LOGAN
DOMENICA/Mrs MacGillvray.................CAROL ANN CRAWFORD
CLAIRE/Big Lou/Barmaid......................................ANITA VETTESSE
BRUCE.....................................................................JAMES ROTTGER
IRENE......................................................................EMMA CURRIE
STUART......................................................DAVID JACKSON YOUNG
BERTIE...........................................................................SIMON KERR
KATIE........................................................................HELEN MACKAY

Producer/director: David Ian Neville.

44 Scotland Street: Series 5

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