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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

Sophie Lawrence

Nicola Roy

Alexander McCall Smith

David Neville

44 Scotland Street: Series 5: Episode 4

Episode 4

Series 5

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Extreme sports and extreme Shakespeare are the order of the day in 44 Scotland Street.

Young Olive wants to rewrite Shakespeare, Bruce's girlfriend is leading him into danger, and Angus has six puppies too many. It's 44 Scotland Street!

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

Young Olive wants to re-write Shakespeare; Bruce's girlfriend is leading him into danger; and Angus has six puppies too many. It's 44 Scotland Street!

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.

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.

Producer/director: David Ian Neville.

44 Scotland Street: Series 5

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