Mark Ian Addy is an English actor. His roles in British television include Detective Constable Gary Boyle in the sitcom The Thin Blue Line (1995–1996),Andy Richmond in Trollied (2011–2013),and Hercules in the fantasy drama series Atlantis (2013–2015).
Martin Compston is a Scottish actor and former professional footballer. He played Anti-Corruption Unit Detective Inspector Steve Arnott in the BBC drama Line of Duty,Liam in Ken Loach's Sweet Sixteen,Paul Ferris in The Wee Man,Ewan Brodie in Monarch of the Glen and Dan Docherty in The Nest.
Iain Alan Sutherland Glen is a Scottish actor. He has appeared as Dr. Alexander Isaacs/Tyrant in three films of the Resident Evil film series (2004–2016) and as Jorah Mormont in the HBO fantasy television series Game of Thrones (2011–2019). Other notable film and television roles include John Hanning Speke in Mountains of the Moon (1990),Larry Winters in Silent Scream (1990) for which he won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the Berlin International Film Festival,Manfred Powell in Lara Croft:Tomb Raider (2001),Brother John in Song for a Raggy Boy (2003),the title role in Jack Taylor (2010–2016),Sir Richard Carlisle in Downton Abbey (2011),James Willett in Eye in the Sky (2015),and Bruce Wayne in Titans (2019–2021).
Jim Field Smith is an English film and television director,writer and producer.
Chris Lang is a British screenwriter,producer and actor. Lang has written for many British television series but is best known as the writer,creator and executive producer of Unforgotten.
There are several types of mass media in Scotland:television,cinema,radio,newspapers,magazines,game design and websites. The majority of Scotland's media is located in Glasgow,the countries largest city,which serves as the HQ for much of the countries major media employers such as broadcasters BBC Scotland and STV,radio services including BBC Radio Scotland,Clyde 1 and Pure Radio Scotland. Game design and production company,Rockstar North,has its international offices in the countries capital city,Edinburgh.
Richard Mark Bonnar is a Scottish actor. He is known for his roles as Max in Guilt,Duncan Hunter in Shetland,Bruno Jenkins in Casualty,Detective Finney in Psychoville,DCC Mike Dryden in Line of Duty,Colin Osborne in Unforgotten,Blackbeard in Assasin's Creed IV:Black Flag,Townsend in Battlefield 1 andField in Summer of Rockets.
Owen Teale is a Welsh character actor having appeared in many films,including Robin Hood (1991),The Hawk (1993),King Arthur (2004),The Last Legion (2007),Tolkien (2019),and Dream Horse (2020). On television,he has appeared in Doctor Who (1985),David Copperfield (1986),The Thin Blue Line (1995),Ballykissangel (1999),Line of Duty (2012),Stella (2012–2013),A Discovery of Witches (2018–2022),and The Rig (2023).
Emily Hampshire is a Canadian actress. Her best known roles include Angelina in the 1998 romantic comedy Boy Meets Girl,Vivienne in the 2006 film Snow Cake,Jennifer Goines in the Syfy drama series 12 Monkeys (2015–2018),and Stevie Budd in the CBC comedy series Schitt's Creek (2015–2020),as well as the voice role of Misery in the YTV animated series Ruby Gloom (2006–2008). Hampshire has held leading roles in the series Chapelwaite (2021) and The Rig (2023–present).
Holland Roden is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Lydia Martin in MTV's teen drama series Teen Wolf,Zoe Woods in Syfy's horror anthology series Channel Zero:Butcher's Block,Bridget Cleary in Amazon Prime Video's horror anthology documentary series Lore and as Erin Isaacs in the horror film No Escape.
Derek Wax is a British television executive producer. His work includes The Rig,The Sixth Commandment,Sex Traffic,Occupation,The Hour,Troy:Fall of a City,Capital,Humans,Lip Service,Tsunami:The Aftermath and From There to Here. He was a producer at Granada TV from 2001 to 2005 and an Executive Producer at Kudos from 2005 to 2017.
The second series of the British police procedural television programme Line of Duty,was broadcast on BBC Two between 12 February and 19 March 2014. The series follows the actions of the fictional Anti-Corruption Unit 12. AC-12 is led by Superintendent Ted Hastings who is assisted by his team DS Steve Arnott,DC Kate Fleming,and DI Matthew "Dot" Cottan. The unit investigates DI Lindsay Denton,the sole survivor of an attack on police officers,and the possibility of a corrupt police officer conspiring to murder a protected witness in the ambush. Jessica Raine stars in a single episode as DC Georgia Trotman. Beginning with this series,Dunbar and Parkinson are credited as main cast members in the opening credits. Supporting characters include DCC Mike Dryden,Jo Dwyer,DCS Lester Hargreaves,DC Nigel Morton,and Tommy Hunter. The series was created and written by Jed Mercurio,who also serves as an executive producer. Filming took place in Belfast in 2013. Six episodes were directed by Douglas Mackinnon and Daniel Nettheim with cinematographer Ruairi O'Brien. The series received positive reviews and multiple accolades,most notably for Hawes performance as Denton,leading to the commission of a third and fourth series.
Guilt is a Scottish mystery thriller television series. It was the first drama commission of the BBC Scotland channel and first broadcast there before being broadcast across the UK on BBC Two. Written and created by Neil Forsyth,the show initially centres on two brothers,played by Mark Bonnar and Jamie Sives,who get involved in a hit and run,before involving a large cast in an ongoing story. The first series of Guilt was broadcast in 2019,and the second series broadcast in the autumn of 2021. The show was a critical hit and was subsequently broadcast around the world including in America (PBS),France (Arte),Australia,Sweden,Germany (Arte),Portugal (RTP2) and South Africa (Showmax).
This is a list of events in Scottish television from 2020.
Vigil is a British police procedural drama television series created by Tom Edge and produced by World Productions. The series premiered on BBC One on 29 August 2021. The first series stars Suranne Jones,Rose Leslie,Shaun Evans,Paterson Joseph,Gary Lewis and Martin Compston,and is set in Scotland,primarily onboard HMS Vigil,a ballistic missile submarine of the Royal Navy.
The Power is an American-British science fiction drama television series developed by Raelle Tucker,Naomi Alderman,Claire Wilson,and Sarah Quintrell for Amazon Prime Video,based on Alderman's 2016 novel The Power. The first season consists of nine episodes and premiered on 31 March 2023 and concluded on 12 May 2023.
The Devil's Hour is a British drama thriller television series created by Tom Moran,and executive produced by Steven Moffat through his production company Hartswood Films. The series consists of six episodes,and premiered on 28 October 2022 on Amazon Prime Video. In November 2022,the series was renewed for a second and third season.
The Consultant is an American thriller television series created by Tony Basgallop,based on the novel of the same name by Bentley Little and starring Christoph Waltz as the titular character,with Nat Wolff,Brittany O'Grady,and Aimee Carrero in supporting roles. The series follows the employees of a mobile gaming company whose leadership is taken over by a sinister consultant,played by Waltz.
Fear is an upcoming British television series from Derek Wax,starring Martin Compston. It is based on Dirk Kurbjuweit's book of the same name.
