August 2017 - The Diary

I was something of a 'social butterfly' this month with an invitation to attend Selladoor's new show FLASHDANCE press night at The Kings, Glasgow. Having worked with them on KIDNAPPED it was lovely catching up with the Producers & Creatives and old friends this night & the show will be a huge hit methinks. Always great to open with a loud Glasgow audience!!

Then off to The Grosvenor Cinema in Ashton Lane to watch our webseries COPS AND MONSTERS screened for press and investors and great fun catching up with everyone who worked so hard on the show and always nice to see your work on the big screen! Nice to meet up with Carter Ferguson, Anne Nicholson and Bryan Larkin at the screening (see below) which went down really well and will hopefully lead to a second series soon. I worked with Bryan and Carter on FAST ROMANCE and

Anne edited my debut film GET SHIRTY as a Director a few years ago and great fun meeting up with them again. Look forward to working with this talented bunch again at some point! Then onto

another reunion with a fabulous day out with my old HIGH ROAD co-stars in Glasgow and not

laughed so much in a long time remembering some of the wonderful times we had on that show. Just loved catching up with Alan McHugh, Keith Warwick and Andy Cameron and felt like I was back in the dressing room at the old Scottish Television building in Cowcaddens with this lot in the 1990s..! Here we are pictured in the Ho Wong Restaurant still giggling like school kids after all these years!

I made a (very) brief appearance as 'Arthur's GP' in BBC 1 series TRUST ME the same evening..blink and you'll miss it, but really enjoyed working on the show with the wonderful Paul Copley and Jodie Whittaker and directed by John Alexander. You can catch up on this second episode pictured below here : www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0920ck0/trust-me-series-1-episode-2

Delighted also to be asked to shoot a '1970s flashback' cameo scene in new Scottish short film REGRETS with a fab cast, including Sarah McCardie as my poor long-suffering wife! Here's a wee sneaky peak at our scene below, courtesy of our lovely Director Mandy Sykes. It is a dark tale in

which I play another nasty and psychopathic individual and lovely to work with Sarah again for the third time in the last 6 months! We were all smiles though come wrap time! (Photo by Sarah McCardie). Pleased to shave off my 1970's moustache afterwards though! Lovely cast and crew to

work with and nice to work with some familiar faces on this production and really enjoyed our scene together. Then more meetings and a busy end to the month! And lovely catching up with another of my KIDNAPPED co-stars Jamie Laird in Glasgow this month.