ArtWorks Scotland - Season 2 / Year 2007
Season 2 / Year 2007
Episodes
Paolo Nutini Takes on America
Artworks follows Paisley-born singer/songwriter Paolo Nutini as he attempts to build on his million-selling success and crack America.
10 Things to Hate About the Edinburgh Festival
Sanjeev Kohli dissects the most popular moans about the Edinburgh Festival: it's too big, too expensive, too arty and litters an otherwise beautiful city with wacky street performers. Surely Sanjeev can find something to like about the biggest arts festival in the world?
Black Watch: A Soldier's Story
The inside story of the National Theatre of Scotland's play Black Watch, including the moving stories of soldiers who served in Iraq.
Black Watch
Based on interviews with soldiers who served in Iraq, this mix of words, music and song reveals what it means to be part of the Scottish regiment.
Steven Campbell: The Caravan Club
As a tribute to the painter Steven Campbell who died in August 2007, another chance to see this ArtWorks Scotland documentary first shown in 2002.
How to Make a Scottish Movie... Starring Hallam Foe
Starring Jamie Bell and filmed on location in Edinburgh, Hallam Foe is the new film from director David Mackenzie. Will it join the list of Scottish classics?
Edwyn Collins: Home Again
Following Edwyn Collins, former lead singer of Orange Juice and a successful solo artist in his own right, on his road to recovery following a brain haemorrhage in February 2005.
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Watson
In Watson a year after the death of his friend and partner Sherlock Holmes at the hands of Moriarty, Dr. John Watson resumes his medical career as the head of a clinic dedicated to treating rare disorders. Watson's old life isn't done with him, though — Moriarty and Watson are set to write their own chapter of a story that has fascinated audiences for more than a century. Watson is a medical show with a strong investigative spine, featuring a modern version of one of history's greatest detectives as he turns his attention from solving crimes to addressing the greatest mystery of all: illness, and the ways it disrupts our lives.
Wild Cards
Wild Cards follows the unlikely duo of a gruff, sardonic cop and a spirited, clever con woman. Ellis, a demoted detective, has unfortunately spent the last year on the maritime unit, while Max has been living a transient life elaborately scamming everyone she meets. But when Max gets arrested and ends up helping Ellis solve a local crime, the two are offered the opportunity to redeem themselves, with Ellis going back to detective and Max staying out of jail. The catch? They have to work together, with each using their unique skills to solve crimes. For Ellis, that means hard-boiled shoe leather police work; for Max, it means accents, schemes and generally befriending everyone in sight, while driving Ellis absolutely nuts. Against the backdrop of beautiful Vancouver — with all its unique, charming, and even contradictory neighbourhoods and subcultures — the two will have to learn what it means to trust another person and maybe actually become partners.
When Calls the Heart
When Calls the Heart is inspired by Janette Oke's bestselling book series about the Canadian West, the series tells the captivating story of Elizabeth Thatcher, a young teacher accustomed to her high society life, who receives her first classroom assignment in Coal Valley, a small coal mining town where life is simple, but often fraught with challenges. Upon arrival, Elizabeth befriends Abigail Stanton, a wife and mother whose husband, the foreman of the mine, along with a dozen other miners, has just been killed in an explosion. The newly widowed women find their faith is tested when they must go to work in the mines to keep a roof over their heads. Set against the wild canvas of a 19th century coal town, Elizabeth will have to learn the ways of the frontier if she wishes to thrive in the rural west on her own.