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Karen Gillan stars in John McKay’s We’ll Take Manhattan

11 January, 2012 By Jonathan Melville Leave a Comment

Karen Gillan is time travelling again, this time heading back to the Swinging Sixties to play the young Jean Shrimpton in BBC Four’s We’ll Take Manhattan.

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The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil on BBC ALBA

4 January, 2012 By Jonathan Melville 10 Comments

Thanks to BBC ALBA, this Saturday viewers have a rare opportunity to catch a screening of John McGrath’s classic 1974 Play for Today film, The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil.

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