Chosen People
A feature length film documentary following the lives of ten families living on four continents since they were first photographed by MAGNUM photographers in 1947. 99 mins, BBC 2.
King Jamie and the Angel
Children's drama series. Imaginative biography of Mary Queen of Scots' son James, who united Scotland and England to form the United Kingdom. 5 X 15 mins, Channel 4 Learning.
The Real Tartan Army
History series about the great Scottish regiments that built the British Empire and fought in two World Wars. 13 X 30 mins, BBC Scotland.
Execution at Camp 21
Documentary for C4's Secret History strand and the History Channel. The extraordinary story of a murder by hard-line Nazis in a British prisoner of war camp. 50 mins, Channel 4.
Off With McGough
The Sun Worshippers
Drama-doc on the work of pioneer photographers Hill and Adamson. 60 mins, BBC/Scottish Screen.
Scotland's History: The Top Ten
My Husband's Gay
A 'Real Families' film for ITV 1
BBC Scotland 2002
David Hill and Robert Adamson were the first in the world to realise the artistic potential of photography. This creative Scottish partnership of artist and scientist worked at a furious pace, producing more than 3,000 beautiful images – lit only by the sun – in just three years in the 1840’s. Their new art was avant garde, exciting and controversial – Victorian Edinburgh’s Shock of the New.
This film celebrates Hill and Adamson’s legacy by blending dramatisation of the two men and their subjects – from the radical Free Kirk ministers and the Edinburgh intelligentsia to soldiers and fisherfolk – with documentary footage of modern photographers at work. Among them are Lord Snowdon – photographing Robbie Coltrane – and Chris Steele-Perkins of Magnum.
Credits
David Octavius Hill | Robin Cameron
Robert Adamson | Anthony Donaldson
Sir David Brewster | Sandy Neilson
Hugh Miller | James Macpherson
Miss Mann | Shonagh Price
Written by | George Rosie
Music | Jim Sutherland
Wardrobe | Bobby McCulla
Make Up | Pip Blackie
Production Design | Emer O’Sullivan
Production Manager | Linda Fraser
Sound Recordist | Brian Howell
Director of Photography | Jim Peters
Editor | Peter Blackie
Executive Producers | Ewan Angus, Steve McIntyre
Producer | Seona Robertson
Director | Les Wilson
Further Information
The Sun Worshippers is available for sale through Caledonia TV