Small Faces (Original title)Easterhouse (Working title)
Date: 1995 (Copyright)Countries: Scotland, United KingdomDirector: Gillies MacKinnon
Synopsis: Drama. A rites of passage story set on a Glasgow housing estate in 1968. About three brothers and their widowed mother. The eldest brother, missing his father and suffering nightmares, hangs out with a local gang. The quieter middle brother devotes his time to painting and a girl. The youngest, a feisty 13 year-old, is torn between the lifestyles of his brothers and is under pressure from the neighbourhood gangs.
Genre: Drama
Subjects: Glasgow, 1960s, Gangs
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TV Transmissions
Date: 01 January 1998Broadcast channel: BBC2Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 22:35-00:20Slot duration: 105 minsNetwork
Date: 02 December 2003Broadcast channel: BBC1Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 23:55-01:45Slot duration: 110 minsNetwork
Date: 24 September 2004Broadcast channel: BBC ThreeCountry: United KingdomTransmission time: 22:30-00:15Slot duration: 105 minsDigital Terrestrial
Date: 05 December 2005Broadcast channel: BBC1Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 23:35-01:25Slot duration: 110 minsNetwork
Date: 18 September 2007Broadcast channel: BBC1Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 23:50-01:40Slot duration: 110 minsNetwork
Date: 1995 (Copyright)Countries: Scotland, United KingdomDirector: Gillies MacKinnon
Synopsis: Drama. A rites of passage story set on a Glasgow housing estate in 1968. About three brothers and their widowed mother. The eldest brother, missing his father and suffering nightmares, hangs out with a local gang. The quieter middle brother devotes his time to painting and a girl. The youngest, a feisty 13 year-old, is torn between the lifestyles of his brothers and is under pressure from the neighbourhood gangs.
Genre: Drama
Subjects: Glasgow, 1960s, Gangs
Series title:
TV Transmissions
Date: 01 January 1998Broadcast channel: BBC2Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 22:35-00:20Slot duration: 105 minsNetwork
Date: 02 December 2003Broadcast channel: BBC1Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 23:55-01:45Slot duration: 110 minsNetwork
Date: 24 September 2004Broadcast channel: BBC ThreeCountry: United KingdomTransmission time: 22:30-00:15Slot duration: 105 minsDigital Terrestrial
Date: 05 December 2005Broadcast channel: BBC1Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 23:35-01:25Slot duration: 110 minsNetwork
Date: 18 September 2007Broadcast channel: BBC1Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 23:50-01:40Slot duration: 110 minsNetwork
Credits
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©: Skyline Easterhouse Ltd., A Billy MacKinnon production: Billy MacKinnon Media, a Skyline production: Skyline, [Presented] in association with: Glasgow Film Fund, Presents: BBC Films, With: BBC Scotland, International Sales: The Sales Company, Executive Producer: Mark Shivas, Executive Producer: Andrea Calderwood, Executive Producer for Glasgow Film Fund: Eddie Dick, Producer: Billy MacKinnon, Producer: Steve Clark-Hall, Production Executive for BBC: Geoffrey Paget, Script Executive for BBC: Stephanie Guerrasio, Production Executive for BBC: John Gibbons, Production Manager: Brian Donovan, Production Co-ordinator: Tracy Garrett, Location Manager: Graeme Gordon, Post-production Supervisor: Mairi Bett, 2nd Unit Director: Billy MacKinnon, 1st Assistant Director: Eric Coulter, 2nd Assistant Director: Alison Goring, Harry Boyd, Assistant Director: Tommy Gormley, Assistant Director: David Gilchrist, Brian Donovan, Script Supervisor: Anne Coulter, Casting: Hayley Mort, Casting: Pat Harkins, Written by: Billy MacKinnon, Written by: Gillies MacKinnon, Script Developed by: BBC Scotland, Scottish Film Production Fund, Director of Photography: John de Borman, 2nd Unit Director of Photography: Kriv Stenders, [2nd Unit Camera]: Malcolm MacLean, Additional Camera Operator: Grant Cameron, Steadicam Operator: Peter Cavaciuti, Stills Photography: Ken Mellin, Special Effects Co-ordinator: Kevin Malloy, Editor: Scott Thomas, Production Designer: Zoë MacLeod, Art Director: Pat Campbell, Storyboard Artist: Miguel Rosenberg, Costume Design: Kate Carin, Wardrobe Supervisor: John Norster, Hair/Make-up Designer: Robert McCann, Hair/Make-up Artist: Graham Johnston, Title Cartoons: Carla MacKinnon, Titles: Plume Productions, Opticals: Cine Image, Music by: John Keane, Music Mixer: Steve Price, Sound Recordist: Louis Kramer, Dubbing Mixer: Aad Wirtz, Sound Editor: Pat O'Neill, ADR Mixer: Lee Taylor, ADR Mixer: David Murricane, Foley Artist: Jack Stew, Foley Artist: Dianne Greaves, Stunt Co-ordinator: Stuart St. Paul, Stunt Co-ordinator: Dave Holland, Armourer: Bernard Shepherd
Cast
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Garry Sweeney (Charlie Sloan), Clare Higgins (Lorna Maclean), Ian McElhinney (Uncle Andrew), Joseph McFadden (Alan Maclean), J.S. Duffy (Bobby Maclean), Laura Fraser (Joanne Macgowan), Kevin McKidd (Malky Johnson), David Walker (Fabio), Iain Robertson (Lex Maclean), Mark McConnochie (Gorbals), Steven Singleton (Welch), Paul Doonan (Jake), Colin Semple (Dowd), Colin McCredie (Doug), Debbie Welsh (Rebecca), Eilidh McCormick (Alice), Monica Brady (aunt), Elizabeth McGregor (Mrs Macgowan), Andy Gray (tactless man), Louise O'Kane (Polly), Lisa McIntosh (Patty), Kirsty Mitchell (Maggie), Sheila Greer-Smith (assistant), Karen McColl (Helen), Karyn Murphy (Maria), Alastair Galbraith (Minors MC), Carmen Pierqaccini (Jeannie), Rab Christie (talker), Alan Atkins (boy with scar), Tom Gallacher (Davie), Joanne Reilly (Barbara), Liz Lochead (librarian), John Murtagh (teacher), Matt Costello (Shuggy), Tom Logan (tutor), Bobby Hodgens, Malky McKay, Ross Miller, Scott Laing, Paul Woodside, Ross Laing (V5 band member)