44 Scotland Street 3 of 5 by Alexander McCall Smith

44 Scotland Street 3 of 5 by Alexander McCall Smith
A dramatisation of Alexander McCall Smith's acclaimed series based on the residents of a fictitious tenement building in a real Edinburgh New Town street, inspired by Maupin's Tales of The City. Pat's the centre of attention at home and work but there could be tears before bedtime.
Anthropologist Domenica MacDonald observes the lives of her neighbours and the neighbourhood in Edinburgh's New Town. Pat, a new young tenant, arrives at 44 Scotland Street to flat share with Bruce. Bruce is a surveyor with more of an eye for the ladies than a sound property. We're introduced to five-year-old Bertie, who is controlled by his pretentious and intellectual mother Irene - he's learning the saxophone, speaks Italian, and is extremely knowledgeable about many subjects. And then there's Matthew, setting up the Something Special Gallery with little knowledge of artists or paintings!
With its multiple-occupancy flats, Scotland Street is an interesting corner of the New Town, verging on the Bohemian, where haute bourgeoisie rubs shoulders with students and the more colourful members of the intelligentsia.
One of McCall Smith's particular talents is his ability to portray archetypes without resorting to stereotype or cliche. In McCall Smith's hands such characters retain charm and novelty, simultaneously arousing both mirth and empathy, 44 Scotland Street is vintage McCall Smith.
CAST:
DOMENICA................CAROL ANN CRAWFORD
BRUCE............................JAMES MACKENZIE
IRENE..............................ROSALIND SYDNEY
BERTIE.........................................EUAN LEE
PAT.........................................BELLE JONES
MATTHEW..............................SAMUEL KEEFE
BIG LOU...............................ANITA VETTESSE
Music by Tom Cunningham
Producer/director: David Ian Neville.

[@kh2040]

Love this. Thanks for uploading.

[@s.g.319]

So well made - perfect! 🙂✨✨✨

[@philiphema2678]

This series has captured my heart! Loved it and all the characters esp. Bertie. But his mother is a trial. Many thanks from a Kiwi living in Hawaii'i. Aloha!!!.

[@sapodilla25]

I absolutely love this series. I hope they make it into a TV show someday.

[@cherylvardy4073]

Agree totally but after seeing what they did with the Agatha Raisin series on tv I shudder to think how they would mess these stories up. Alexander Mc Call Smiths writing so amazing, would be fascinating to talk too but afraid I wouldn't be able to keep up with the conversation. He has such an amazing command of the English language and what a storyteller!!!

[@jetblack.7186]

@@cherylvardy4073 And the Hamish Macbeth

[@bethanyanderson1745]

Missing #4 an #5... aww

[@syrahlover]

if you look, you will notice parts have been uploaded over the past couple days ... #4 is up, #5 should follow pattern and be up next day or two ...

[@bethanyanderson1745]

@@syrahlover - oh thank you!!

[@jetblack.7186]

Still parts missing.