August 2019 - The Diary

Great fun recording THE FOOTBALL DAFT podcast with Ewan Cameron & Grado this month and you can listen back to our chat here: FOOTBALL DAFT podcast in which I was the mystery guest and quite terrified the life out of poor Grado! Be warned though, it's adult content...!

Back on the auditions trail again this month with lots of self tapes and then off to Blackness Castle to shoot the new BBC series BLOOD OF THE CLANS in which I play Archibald Campbell, Marquess Of Argyll. Absolutely loved every moment of this shoot, directed by the brilliant Craig Collinson, 

with whom I had worked previously on the CULLODEN Visitor Centre film. Huge thanks to Graham Hunter for the brilliant costumes and for these photos. The series is presented by Neil Oliver and will be broadcast in April of next year. We shot more scenes in the fabulous Falkland Palace and really

looking forward to seeing the finished film in 2020. Great cast and crew and nice catching up with lots of old friends on this job. More meetings for another exciting theatre project for next year and

more of that in the next few months! Recorded another fun podcast with James Slevin this month, chatting about the life of boxer Benny Lynch and our recent Scottish tour, pictured below. Also

in August I was delighted to be asked along to meet the great man's grand-daughter Sharon Lynch Howard along with the Benny Lynch Statue Campaign Team at the Peoples Palace in Glasgow and thanks to Jim Reid for the photos on this page. We are planning on bringing the show back to

Glasgow theatres next year and launching another wee tour for all of those who missed out on seeing this brilliant production this summer. Thanks to Billy Knox for the pic below with Bryan Turnbull.