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- BFI identifier476808
- Date1996 (Production)
- Production countryScotland, United Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisA five-part schools television series which profiles five contemporary Scottish writers. The programmes are designed to excite an enthusiasm for literature, and to develop students' skills in critical appreciation. In their own words, the profiled writers discuss topics such as language, choice of themes, motives for writing and the craft of writing. The series reveals writers in their social context and uses stylised studio segments to bring their work to life. The individual programme titles and writers are: Iain Banks; Liz Lochhead; William McIlvanney; A L Kennedy; Iain Crichton Smith. (Synopsis)
- Work historyVideo release of a 5-part C4 Schools series, first TX 9/1- 6/2/1997
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- Cast
Title
Scottish Writers (Original)
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- The English Programme
Series Work - 769138
United Kingdom - TV - Non Fiction
- Scottish Writers
Work - 476808 - 1996 (Production)
Scotland - TV
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- Scottish Writers
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