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Browse 45 movies from Grampian Television
Spike, a 15 year-old runaway, is given a home by Esther, a young woman with mental health problems. With Spike's support, Esther gains confidence to sing in a jazz club. Although Spike appears the stronger of the two, mistreatment of a neighbour's baby brings back his own past... A story of the healing power of unconditional love.
Oct 2001
In 1990s Edinburgh, Barbara Thorburn reflects on memories of her poet mother, Greta, and her tragic death.
Jan 1992
A lorry driver feeling isolated from his family and a woman with a troubling secret help each other to find out some answers on a journey to Land’s End.
Aug 2000
A man returns to his local community after serving prison time but finds that the locals are less than pleased to see him back.
Jan 2002
A man lives in an asteroid belt carrying out a lonely mission.
Women in Black keep vigil for peace all over the world. In this film, three Edinburgh women explain why they join other women on Princes Street every Saturday to bear silent witness against the futility of war.
Aug 2004
Iris is receiving romantic messages in the 'I Saw You' columns of a city magazine. Who is the mysterious sender and should she meet him?
If your job is to break up other people's relationships, what do you do if you fall in love with one of your victims?
Aug 2002
A documentary essay which takes a very personal and idiosyncratic journey through Scottish history and identity, from the reformation of John Knox to the present day via the Industrial Revolution.
Sep 2004
Robin Mitchell finds the 'lost' film that his father produced, uncovering its fascinating story and reuniting his father with the director after sixty years.
What will life be like when the oil runs out? Part document of the past, part imagination of the future, Crude Progress charts the rise and fall of the oil industry in the Orkney Islands.
Jul 2004
Documentary profile of the property magnate Donald Trump, including interviews with him and his allies.
May 1995
The director undertakes a cathartic trip to his homeland of Caithness to give him the strength to finally end his addiction problems.
Why are so many Scots throwing off their clothes in wild abandon to embrace the midges and chilly climate of Scotland?
Nov 2003
A celebration of the country's performance poets, catching up on them as they perform in the streets and nightclubs of Glasgow and Edinburgh.
Kerry is a young woman with learning and physical disabilities but lives life as fully as her identical but non-disabled twin. A young mother with a rich social life, she's determined to help others with disabilities achieve their dreams.
Jan 2005
A fast-paced, funny and touching story following a young Muslim entrepreneur with ambition and attitude as he embarks on his venture to open Europe's first 'African Village' in Possil, Glasgow.
Since 1974, Glasgow has produced seven and a half million tonnes of waste. Total Rubbish follows the men who get their hands dirty in a never-ending cycle of collection and disposal.
A group of Japanese children rebuild a derelict tree-house in the grounds of an old school in the Scottish countryside.
The intimate story of a family from Iraq who left their home and came to live in Scotland five years ago.
Sep 2003