John MacLaverty Movies

The hunters of the Scottish folklore creature camped out on the shores of the loch throughout the 1970s and 1980s, chasing but never finding the...

The filming of "The Omen" (1976) was plagued by tragedy and bizarre incidents. "The devil was at work and he didn't want that film made" - Producer...

Schooled in Fife, coming of age in a rock ’n’ roll band, then finding her forte was directing temperamental actors, Cora Bissett is no...

Scrabble is experiencing a renaissance. The younger generation have rediscovered the game online - through the copyright busting Scrabulous - and...

Nicholas Parsons explores his life-long enthusiasm for clocks when he goes in search of the most valuable and famous watch in the world - the...

A varied history of gay people and Scotland.

A dissection of the history and appeal of dinosaur movies.

After centuries of Bonnie Boats speeding Over the Sea to Skye, in 1995 a new bridge was built between the island and the mainland. Privately funded,...

50 years after Celtic made history as the first British side to win the European Cup, this film returns to the streets of the city on which the...

Explores Gruinard Island’s infamous past as a World War II biological weapons testing site that rendered it uninhabitable – and deadly...

In 1978, Scotland had a team of brilliant footballers and mercurial manager in Ally MacLeod. Featuring rare archive footage, this is the story of...

Alex Norton discovers how showbusiness has handled the portrayal of the Scottish accent. For over 100 years audiences have struggled to understand...